What I described above can be done with 2.3~pre1-1 (unstable) as well.
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I was running Debian 5.0.7 (lenny) with Linux Kernel 2.6.26-2-686.
Versions of the packages are:
sh-3.2$ dpkg -l | egrep 'links|libc6|libgpm2|libssl0.9.8|zlib1g'
ii elinks 0.11.4-3
advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii elinks-data 0.11.4-3
advanced text-mode WWW browser - data files
ii libc6 2.11.2-7
Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libc6-dev 2.11.2-7
Embedded GNU C Library: Development Librarie
ii libc6-i686 2.11.2-7
Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i6
ii libgpm2 1.20.4-3.1
General Purpose Mouse - shared library
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4
SSL shared libraries
ii links 2.3~pre1-1
Web browser running in text mode
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12
compression library - runtime
ii zlib1g-dev 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12
compression library - development
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Aras Ergus
