Package: lynx
Version: 2.8.5-2sarge2
Severity: wishlist
When I try to view http://www.debian.org/events/2006/0624-froscon content
negotiation is in place. Lynx requests a file of type text/html, [..], text/*.
However, text/calendar and text/html are available on www.debian.org
and Apache seems to prefer sending the calendar file instead of the
HTML file. The calendar file, though, can only be displayed in a
pager but not rendered properly.
It may be a good idea to adjust the Accept: HTTP header) a little
bit, so that text/* is requested with less priority than text/html.
text/html means priority 1.00, so you can say text/*;q=0.5 to drop
the priority of other text/* mime types that haven't been listed
on their own.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find such a setting in the
configuration file and haven't had enough energy to dig out where
Lynx is getting the information from. It is clearly calculated.
Hence, the attached patch is only a kludge or workaround but not
a proper solution. Maybe you, or probably upstream, knows how to
adjust the behaviour best.
Please note, that when trying the above URL, I have adjusted
the main web server to consider calendar files of less priority
already. So for trying you'll have to connect to one of the
mirror servers.
Regards,
Joey
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#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
## 06_content-type.dpatch by Joey Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
##
## DP: Patch to force text/html and other text/* content-types to be of a
## DP: higher priority than the unnamed ones which are only specified
## DP: literally by adding "text/*".
diff -u -p -Nr --exclude CVS lynx-2.8.5.orig/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTP.c
lynx-2.8.5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTP.c
--- lynx-2.8.5.orig/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTP.c 2006-06-18
16:23:55.000000000 +0200
+++ lynx-2.8.5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTP.c 2006-06-18
16:24:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -710,6 +710,15 @@ use_tunnel:
} else {
temp[0] = '\0';
}
+ /*
+ * This is a kludge to force text/html and other text/*
+ * content-types to be of a higher priority than the
+ * unnamed ones which are only specified literally by
+ * adding "text/*".
+ */
+ if (!strcmp (HTAtom_name(pres->rep), "text/*"))
+ sprintf(temp, ";q=%4.3f", 0.5);
+
HTSprintf0(&linebuf, "%s%s%s",
(first_Accept ?
"Accept: " : ", "),
