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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:
> I successfully compiled a static uClibc lynx, version 2.8.6dev16
> with OpenSSL support. I know that the SSL, Javascript, and
> networking are working because I am sending this message to you
> with this static lynx and the BL3.32 floppy edition. GMail
> requires both SSL and Javascript to work at all so it is a good
> test.

(You corrected this later - lynx does not do javascript, yet.)
Did you load lynx from a third floppy disk?

> The uClibc bzip2 build image does not work with a 2.2.16 kernel,
> but it does work with 2.4. I have not tried 2.2.26.

I could try it on my external-scsi-boot 2.4.31 BL2.
Did you compile using the 2.4 kernel?  Do you know if lynx 2.8.6 needs 
kernel 2.4 if compiled with glibc?

> The static, stripped binary is 1482KB uncompressed, gzipping it
> yields a 707K gz file. Do you want to try it? I think that you
> can use your existing lynx.cfg and SSL certificates.

Is it slightly larger than mine, which is 1.27MB statically compiled 
against glib 2.1.3, because it is a later version and includes bzip2? 
The shared 2.8.5rel1 with bzip2 was about as large as my static version.

Do lynx.lss and lynx.cfg go in /usr/lib/lynx?

> I will check and see if I possibly left anything out.
>
> Tomorrow I will try booting BL3.4.

I will download it so I can try your lynx with it.
Did the full lynx.cfg fit into the first ramdisk and lynx executable go in 
/tmp on the second ramdisk?

> David