Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 13:45:06 +0530 (IST) From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lynx forbidden Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0004021342380.2832-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0004021312520.2790-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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> > > The lynx port is marked forbidden due to security problems. > > > > > > There is no misunderstanding. > > > > > > If you want to open yourself (and your users) up to buffer overflows in > > > the code, you are more than welcome. > Try w3m -- /usr/ports/www/w3m > > If you must use lynx, you can probably compile it easily enough > without the help of the ports. Or rather, you can comment out the FORBIDDEN line in the port makefile. Sorry about that -- I missed the earlier mails. But I'd recommend w3m. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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