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diff --git a/docs/OS-390.announce b/docs/OS-390.announce new file mode 100644 index 0000000..923d2a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/OS-390.announce @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +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 + https://lynx.invisible-island.net/ + +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 |