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Re: [Debathena] #891: Consider setting Lynx' STARTFILE to something
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Debathena Trac)
Wed Aug 17 20:14:32 2011
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To: jdreed@mit.edu, andersk@mit.edu, geofft@mit.edu
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:14:14 -0000
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#891: Consider setting Lynx' STARTFILE to something less stupid------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Reporter: jdreed | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: The Distant Future
Component: -- | Keywords:
See_also: DebianBug:627126 |
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Comment(by geofft):
Debian fixed the bug by repackaging Lynx in a way that no longer attempts
to set the home page to www.debian.org, instead of attempting and failing.
See also
{{{
# Your choice of STARTFILE should reflect your site's needs, and be a URL
that
# you can connect to reliably. Otherwise users will become confused and
think
# that they cannot run Lynx.
}}}
in lynx.cfg. So I'm not really that convinced that us setting
STARTFILE=web.mit.edu is wrong.
That said, I propose we submit a patch to make lynx more able to deal with
the home page being down, whether or not we customize the home page.
-- Ticket URL: <http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/891#comment:7>Debathena <http://debathena.mit.edu/>MIT Debathena Project
