>> The effort involved in a leap forward is rather high, though. > Unless [...], the effort should be small. Just `configure;make;make > install` (with a bunch of testing in between the two `make` steps, of > course).
Where the effort lurks is in the step you've glossed over as "configure". I quite dislike the ./configure paradigm; my thoughts on the matter are in my blah post of 2009-11-20, available at http://ftp.rodents-montreal.org/mouse/blah/2009-11-20-1.html, in case you're interested in elaboration. (Its use of ./configure is one of the few things I definitely dislike about lynx.) The brief look I had at 2.8.9 makes me think it would be easier to configure it manually by editing the half-dozen files affected than to vet the configure script properly. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B