On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 05:24:03PM +0000, Pelle Hjek wrote:
> Package: lynx
> Version: 2.8.9dev16-3
> Severity: important

no - "normal" (read the guidelines).
 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When I use Lynx to read a web page, it freezes when the web page starts
> with the subdomain 'news.' For example, on the terminal when I type in
> this:
> 
>     lynx news.ycombinator.com
> 
> Then Lynx freezes while displaying this message in the status bar:
> 
>     Making NNTP connection to news.ycombinator.com
> 
> Lynx handles https://news.ycombinator.com just fine, but when https://

https isn't the same as http.  This url happens to work with http.

It's trying to connect to nntp because no protocol was specified,
and has done this consistently for quite a while.

I've applied changes which will be in the next patch.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net

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