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author | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2010-04-29 22:00:22 -0400 |
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committer | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2010-04-29 22:00:22 -0400 |
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diff --git a/docs/OS-390.announce b/docs/OS-390.announce deleted file mode 100644 index e28767de..00000000 --- a/docs/OS-390.announce +++ /dev/null @@ -1,93 +0,0 @@ -This document suggests steps to install Lynx on OS/390 systems. - -======================================================================== -o Download the archive file lynx2-8-6.tar.Z in BINARY from the site - where you found this announcement or from a site listed at - http://lynx.isc.org/ - -o Unpack with: - - uncompress <lynx2-8-6.tar.Z | pax -rv -o to=IBM-1047 - - The "-o to=IBM-1047" is needed to convert the ASCII archive - to EBCDIC. You must not download as a text file; the conversion - must be performed after the uncompress. - -======================================================================== -o Alternatively, download the PKZIPped archive lynx2-8-6.zip in BINARY. - -o Unpack with: - - unzip -aa lynx2-8-6.zip - - The "-aa" is needed to convert the ASCII archive - to EBCDIC. (unzip is not shipped with OS/390. You can - obtain it from: - - Linkname: OS/390 UNIX - Tools and Toys - URL: http://www.s390.ibm.com/unix/bpxa1ty1.html - - Linkname: Info-ZIP zip and unzip - URL: http://www.s390.ibm.com/ftp/os390/oe/port/infozip-os390.tar.Z - ) - -======================================================================== -o Run the configure script: - - mkdir -p ./OS390/. - cd ./OS390 - rm -f config.cache - CC=c89 CFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D_ALL_SOURCE" \ - ../lynx2-8-6/configure - - The definitions select the ANSI C compiler (c89) and options - to select the right header file directories. You may also - find it useful to set the installation directories with - the --prefix=, --sysconfdir=, and --exec_prefix= options. - -======================================================================== -o Build Lynx - - gmake - - (I have been unable to build Lynx with IBM's make. gmake is not - shipped with OS/390. You may obtain gmake from: - - Linkname: Mortice Kern Systems (MKS) Inc. - S/390 ® - OpenEdition--GNU Utilities - URL: http://www.mks.com/s390/gnu/index.htm - - Linkname: Other - URL: http://www.mks.com/s390/gnu/register.htm - ) - -======================================================================== -o Test Lynx: - - ./lynx -cfg=../lynx2-8-6/lynx.cfg \ - ../lynx2-8-6/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html - -======================================================================== -o Install Lynx: - - gmake install - gmake install-help - gmake install-doc - -======================================================================== -REMAINING PROBLEMS: - - 3270-type terminals are not supported. This is probably a - permanent restriction since curses support for 3270s is - unlikely to appear. - - URL schemes other than HTTP:, FTP:, and FILE: are untested - and likely not to work. - - Some character entities are not rendered correctly. - - The Download command converts binary files from ASCII to EBCDIC. - This can be undone by a download filter in lynx.cfg. - -Paul Gilmartin -pg@sweng.stortek.com |