On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Marc St-Jacques wrote:
> I don't know if this is the right adress to ask this but I didn't see any
> specific e-mail adress for support.
You could have tried Mandrake... anyway.
> Here I go:
>
> When I invoke lynx at the prompt, it answers:
> metamail: Can't open temporary file!
The message is misleading (and has since been changed).
> I'm using Lynx Version 2.8.2pre.5. It came in an RPM version with Mandrake
> Linux.
Mandrake have configured their Lynx package so that, by default, it wants
to create temporary files in ~/tmp instead of /tmp (where ~ stands for
your HOME direwctory as usual). That's not a bad idea; it's just bad they
didn't tell anybody about it. (At least, apparently, not you. :) )
Create a directory tmp under your HOME directory and lynx will work.
Or set a TMPDIR or LYNX_TEMP_SPACE environment variable.
Or get a newer package version from Mandrake, they have one that reverts
to the old behavior AFAIK. It fixes some other problems.
Or better yet compile the code from http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current/
yourself, report bugs to this list.
Klaus
