[m-dev.] diff: fix bug that broke www install

[Fergus Henderson]

Estimated hours taken: 0.5

compiler/notes/Mmakefile:
	Set TERM to vt100 before running lynx, to avoid errors when
	running this Mmakefile from cron.

Workspace: /home/venus/fjh/ws-venus2/mercury
Index: compiler/notes/Mmakefile
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/compiler/notes/Mmakefile,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -d -r1.8 Mmakefile
--- compiler/notes/Mmakefile	1999/09/16 04:46:21	1.8
+++ compiler/notes/Mmakefile	2001/02/06 11:06:43
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
 
 INSTALL_WEB_SUBDIR=$(INSTALL_WEBDIR)/developer
 
-HTML_TO_TEXT=lynx -dump
+# Note that we need to explicitly set TERM=vt100,
+# because otherwise lynx complains if TERM is not set properly
+# (as is the case when this Makefile is run from a cron job).
+# This is a bug in lynx -- it should ignore TERM when given
+# the `-dump' option.
+HTML_TO_TEXT=TERM=vt100 lynx -dump
 
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