Resending this message. I have followed this mailing list since I sent it, and rare indeed has been the message which has not received a reply. This message would seem to be the exception. Perhaps I just sent it a bad time, or perhaps it was because I erroneously specified 2.8 and 2.7 instead of 2.8.8 and 2.8.7. At the time I wrote the message, the lynx version which seemed not to be handling cookies correctly was 2.8.8dev.3. I just tried the newest version 2.8.8dev.8 (dated Jan. 10, 2011), and it handles cookies in the same manner as 2.8.8dev.3, i.e. it associates the cookie (incorrectly in my opinion) with a specific file name rather than directory name. Version 2.8.7 handles cookies as I expect it should (and as all other browsers which I've tested do), associating the cookie with the directory name rather than a specific file name.
--- On Wed, 8/25/10, Owen Leibman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Owen Leibman <[email protected]> > Subject: Are Cookies Working Correctly in Lynx 2.8? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 10:35 PM > Cookies don’t seem to be working as > I would expect for lynx-cur (2.8.something) on ubuntu > (10.4). The problem is demonstrated in the attached cookie > file – the complete file name which created the cookie is > stored rather than the directory, so other pages in that > directory do not see the cookie. After noticing this > problem, I did a complete build from source for 2.8.*, and > saw the same problem. When I did a complete build from > source for 2.7.*, there was no longer a problem – cookies > behaved as I expected. The first line of the cookies file > shows a 2.8 cookie incorrectly stored (from localhost); the > next 5 show a 2.7 cookie correctly stored; the final line > shows a 2.8 cookie incorrectly stored (from the web, just in > case there was something special about localhost which > triggered the error). I apologize for being a bit vague > about the release numbers; my daughter has taken that PC > away to school with her, so I don’t have immediate access > to it, > but can get more exact details if needed. > >
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