lynx can't find issuer of some https sites and can't connect with -dump

[Andreas Hasenack]

Binary package hint: lynx

Here are a few sites that make lynx error with:

SSL error:no issuer was found-Continue? (y)

Now, answering "y" gets you to that site, but it's annoying. Furthermore, breaks scripting lynx with -dump. For example:

$ lynx -dump https://www.thawte.com

Looking up www.thawte.com
Making HTTPS connection to www.thawte.com

lynx: Can't access startfile https://www.thawte.com/

Here are some sites that break:
https://www.thawte.com/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/
https://landscape.canonical.com/
https://www.realsecureweb.com.br

and certainly many others.

w3m works, as a counter example. Maybe related: w3m was linked with openssl, while lynx is linked with gnutls.

[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

This isn't the same case as Debian #231609
(I'll make a fix in lynx 2.8.8dev.1).

[Joshua (joshudson)]

I am encountering nasty X errors leaving me to use lynx for awhile while I wait for these to get fixed.

This is really annoying that both gmail and the bug tracker use a certificate that lynx doesn't recognize.

Maybe copy the list from firefox?

[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

Is this with lynx 2.8.1dev.1, or some other version?

[Joshua (joshudson)]

This seems to be fixed.