diff -ruN lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/lynx.cfg lynx2.9.0dev.9/lynx.cfg
--- lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/lynx.cfg	2021-08-01 14:50:51.000000000 -0400
+++ lynx2.9.0dev.9/lynx.cfg	2021-08-16 14:41:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 #
 # Normally we expect you will connect to a remote site, e.g., the Lynx starting
 # site:
-STARTFILE:https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
+#STARTFILE:https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
 #
 # As an alternative, you may want to use a local URL.  A good choice for this is
 # the user's home directory:
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
 # This definition will be overridden if the "LYNX_HELPFILE" environment
 # variable has been set.
 #
-HELPFILE:https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
+#HELPFILE:https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
 .ex
-#HELPFILE:file://localhost/PATH_TO/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
+HELPFILE:file://localhost@FINKPREFIX@/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
 
 .h2 DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE
 # DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE is the default file retrieved when the
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 .url http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1345
 #
 #CHARACTER_SET:iso-8859-1
+CHARACTER_SET:iso-8859-1
 
 .h2 LOCALE_CHARSET
 # LOCALE_CHARSET overrides CHARACTER_SET if true, using the current locale to
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@
 # happens to give useful values, but other implementations are not guaranteed
 # to do this.
 #LOCALE_CHARSET:FALSE
+LOCALE_CHARSET:TRUE
 
 .h2 HTML5_CHARSETS
 # HTML5_CHARSETS is an alternative to ASSUME_CHARSET and ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET.
@@ -566,6 +568,7 @@
 # Note that the prepending is not done for -source dumps.
 #
 #PREPEND_CHARSET_TO_SOURCE:TRUE
+PREPEND_CHARSET_TO_SOURCE:FALSE
 
 .h2 NCR_IN_BOOKMARKS
 # NCR_IN_BOOKMARKS:TRUE allows you to save 8-bit characters in bookmark titles
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@
 # This may be a comma-separated list of languages in decreasing preference.
 #
 #PREFERRED_LANGUAGE:en
+PREFERRED_LANGUAGE:en
 
 .h2 PREFERRED_CHARSET
 # PREFERRED_CHARSET specifies the character set in MIME notation (e.g.,
@@ -810,6 +814,7 @@
 # via the -show_cursor command line switch.
 #
 #SHOW_CURSOR:FALSE
+SHOW_CURSOR:TRUE
 
 .h2 UNDERLINE_LINKS
 # UNDERLINE_LINKS controls whether links are underlined by default, or shown
@@ -999,6 +1004,8 @@
 #
 #LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE
 #LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE:FALSE
+LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE
+LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE:FALSE
 
 .h2 TRUSTED_EXEC
 # If LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINK_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE is TRUE, and no TRUSTED_EXEC
@@ -1046,6 +1053,7 @@
 # URLs which meet any ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC rules).
 #
 #TRUSTED_EXEC:none
+TRUSTED_EXEC:none
 
 .h2 ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC
 # If EXEC_LINKS was defined, any lynxexec or lynxprog URL can be made
@@ -1067,6 +1075,7 @@
 # The default ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC rule is "none".
 #
 #ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC:none
+ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC:none
 
 .h2 TRUSTED_LYNXCGI
 # Unix:
@@ -1086,6 +1095,7 @@
 # The default TRUSTED_LYNXCGI rule is "none".
 #
 #TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:none
+TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:none
 
 .h2 LYNXCGI_ENVIRONMENT
 # Unix:
@@ -1423,6 +1433,7 @@
 # explicitly if you want it.
 #
 #PERSISTENT_COOKIES:FALSE
+PERSISTENT_COOKIES:FALSE
 
 .h2 COOKIE_FILE
 # COOKIE_FILE is the default file from which persistent cookies are read
@@ -1870,6 +1881,7 @@
 # may save the preference in the RC file).
 #
 #NO_DOT_FILES:TRUE
+NO_DOT_FILES:FALSE
 
 .h1 Internal Behavior
 
@@ -2131,12 +2143,14 @@
 # Unix:
 # ====
 #GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP:/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mime.types
+GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP:@FINKPREFIX@/etc/mime.types
 # VMS:
 # ===
 #GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP:Lynx_Dir:mime.types
 #
 #	Unix (sought in user's home directory):
 #PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:.mime.types
+PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:.mime.types
 #	VMS (sought in user's sys$login directory):
 #PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:mime.types
 
@@ -2271,6 +2285,8 @@
 #SUFFIX:.dms:application/x-dms
 #SUFFIX:.html:text/html
 #SUFFIX:.txt:text/plain
+SUFFIX:.tgz:application/octet-stream
+SUFFIX:.deb:application/octet-stream
 
 .h2 XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND
 # VMS:
@@ -2375,6 +2391,7 @@
 # Unix:
 # ====
 #GLOBAL_MAILCAP:/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mailcap
+GLOBAL_MAILCAP:@FINKPREFIX@/etc/mailcap
 # VMS:
 # ===
 #GLOBAL_MAILCAP:Lynx_Dir:mailcap
@@ -3601,6 +3618,7 @@
 #
 #SSL_CERT_FILE:/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 #SSL_CERT_FILE:NULL
+SSL_CERT_FILE:NULL
 
 .h2 SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
 # Set SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE to the file that contains a client certificate
@@ -3813,6 +3831,21 @@
 # Emit backspaces in output if -dump'ing or -crawl'ing (like 'man' does).
 #WITH_BACKSPACES:FALSE
 
+EXTERNAL:ftp:w3m %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:file:w3m %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:http:w3m %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:http:wget %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:http:wget -r %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:ftp:x-www-browser %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:file:x-www-browser %s:TRUE
+EXTERNAL:http:x-www-browser %s:TRUE
+# include
+INCLUDE:@FINKPREFIX@/etc/lynx-cur/local.cfg
+INCLUDE:~/.lynx/colors:COLOR
+INCLUDE:~/.lynx/keymap:KEYMAP
+INCLUDE:~/.lynx/viewers:VIEWER
+INCLUDE:~/.lynx/external:EXTERNAL
+
 .h1 Internal Behavior
 .h2 HTTP_PROTOCOL
 # Normally Lynx negotiates HTTP/1.0, because it does not support chunked
diff -ruN lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/lynx_help/about_lynx.html lynx2.9.0dev.9/lynx_help/about_lynx.html
--- lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/lynx_help/about_lynx.html	2021-07-01 17:02:17.000000000 -0400
+++ lynx2.9.0dev.9/lynx_help/about_lynx.html	2021-08-16 14:41:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
   the University of Kansas. However most of the release (and
   corresponding copyright) is the work of developers on the
   <a href="#lynx-dev_list"><em>lynx-dev mailing list</em></a>. It
-  is distributed <a href="COPYHEADER">without restrictions on usage
-  or redistribution</a> under the <a href="COPYING">GNU General
-  Public License (Version 2)</a>.</p>
+  is distributed without restrictions on usage
+  or redistribution under the GNU General
+  Public License (Version 2).</p>
 
   <p><strong>Lynx</strong> was built over an early version of the
   Common Code Library developed by the CERN WWW Project. That code
diff -ruN lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/src/chrtrans/makefile.in lynx2.9.0dev.9/src/chrtrans/makefile.in
--- lynx2.9.0dev.9-orig/src/chrtrans/makefile.in	2021-03-14 13:14:26.000000000 -0400
+++ lynx2.9.0dev.9/src/chrtrans/makefile.in	2021-08-16 14:41:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 C_SRC		= $(OBJS:$o=.c)
 
 $(MAKEUCTB) : $(OBJS)
-	$(BUILD_CC) $(CC_OPTS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(BUILD_LIBS)
+	$(BUILD_CC) $(CC_OPTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(BUILD_LIBS)
 
 makeuctb$o : $(srcdir)/UCkd.h $(srcdir)/makeuctb.c