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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Lynx 2.5? Date: 15 May 1996 02:36:08 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4nbfuo$aon@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <DrEyCD.7K1@news2.new-york.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <DrEyCD.7K1@news2.new-york.net>, Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote: > >Early this month,Lynx 2.5 was released,and after some bug encounters I >would like to upgrade my Lynx installation.(The CHANGES file lists 45 screens >full of changes since 9/95!) > >Just what is necessary...does there need to be a whole new port?A downloading >of the whole Ports Collection to get it?Or just a fresh patch and a download >into /usr/ports/distfiles and use of the Makefile? If the port's been upgraded, you can just download the .../ports/net/lynx bit of the ports tree and get the Makefile to sort the rest out. If it hasn't, perhaps a polite note to the maintainer might be in order. You could also consider subscribing to the ports mailing list, to keep an eye on any other interesting apps that are being added or upgraded. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk