Re: what controls the redirect limit?

Or ask the administrator to make the change as it seems like a fine one 
for everyone.



On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Good news here.  The REDIRECTION_LIMIT variable is the last line in
> lynx.cfg.  I just set mine to 10000.  For anyone using lynx on a service,
> copying lynx.cfg to a user directory then running
> lynx -c ./lynx.cfg will use your copy and not the system's copy of
> lynx.cfg.  You would need to chmod lynx.cfg so you could edit it once in
> your user directory though.
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
>> ...I seem to be lost.
>> My hope is that there is something I can influence, as I use Lynx on a
>> service, not as a part of my own computer.
>> So I am unsure just where that would go exactly?
>> kare
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Mouse wrote:
>>
>>>> [...], I reach a lynx error that says something like maximum number
>>>> of 10 redirects reached..and I can go no further.
>>>
>>>> What in Lynx controls the number of redirects the browser considers
>>>> safe, and how can I increase that number?
>>>
>>> A few years back, I was working at a job that, "thanks" to a confluence
>>> of various reasons, ended up with me wanting to use lynx to read
>>> Google-hosted mail through their webmail interface.
>>>
>>> I promptly ran into the ten-redirection limit.
>>>
>>> As for how I dealt with it, turns out I still have the commit:
>>>
>>> commit 028e3e6312bd2a6d108ec4755165091be9426ce4
>>> Author: Mouse <[email protected]...>
>>> Date:   Tue Mar 20 09:37:26 2018 -0400
>>>
>>>    Boost redirection count limit to 25.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/LYMessages_en.h b/LYMessages_en.h
>>> index b0c7c44..85b490e 100644
>>> --- a/LYMessages_en.h
>>> +++ b/LYMessages_en.h
>>> @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
>>> #define ERROR_UNCOMPRESSING_TEMP gettext("Error uncompressing temporary
>>> file!")
>>> #define UNSUPPORTED_URL_SCHEME gettext("Unsupported URL scheme!")
>>> #define UNSUPPORTED_DATA_URL gettext("Unsupported data: URL!  Use SHOWINFO,
>>> for now.")
>>> -#define TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS gettext("Redirection limit of 10 URL's
>>> reached.")
>>> +#define TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS gettext("Redirection limit of 25 URLs
>>> reached.")
>>> #define ILLEGAL_REDIRECTION_URL gettext("Illegal redirection URL received
>>> from server!")
>>> #define	SERVER_ASKED_FOR_REDIRECTION \
>>> gettext("Server asked for %d redirection of POST content to")
>>> diff --git a/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
>>> b/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
>>> index 4c2c1be..a1f4b7e 100644
>>> --- a/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
>>> +++ b/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
>>> @@ -769,8 +769,10 @@ static BOOL HTLoadDocument(const char *full_address,
>>> /* may include #fragment */
>>>      * of 10 redirections per requested URL from a user, because the
>>>      HTTP/1.1
>>>      * will no longer specify a restriction to 5, but will leave it up to
>>>      the
>>>      * browser's discretion, in deference to Microsoft.  - FM
>>> +     *
>>> +     * Upped to 25 because 10 breaks gmail. :-?  - Mouse
>>>      */
>>> -    if (redirection_attempts > 10) {
>>> +    if (redirection_attempts > 25) {
>>>  redirection_attempts = 0;
>>>  HTAlert(TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS);
>>>  return NO;
>>>
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