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diff --git a/doc/flags.html b/doc/flags.html index 7aa8f95..2f89068 100644 --- a/doc/flags.html +++ b/doc/flags.html @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ uncommon options; this page explains what they are for. <p> This flag tells configure that you want to install skalibs according to -the <a href="http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html">slashpackage convention</a>. +the <a href="https://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html">slashpackage convention</a>. If you enable it, and $v is the version of skalibs you're compiling, <tt>make install</tt> will install the skalibs header files in <tt>/package/prog/skalibs-$v/include</tt>, the static libraries in @@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ to the installed skalibs shared libraries. </li> <p> To understand what this flag is about - and the next two flags too - you should start by reading -<a href="http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/unix-leap-seconds.html">this +<a href="https://www.madore.org/~david/computers/unix-leap-seconds.html">this page about Unix time</a>, -which <a href="http://www.madore.org/~david/">David Madore</a> wrote after +which <a href="https://www.madore.org/~david/">David Madore</a> wrote after a long and fairly complete discussion we had on the subject. You can also -read <a href="http://cr.yp.to/proto/utctai.html">what DJB says about Unix time</a>. +read <a href="https://cr.yp.to/proto/utctai.html">what DJB says about Unix time</a>. Unfortunately, when he says "the POSIX rules are so outrageously dumb (...) that no self-respecting engineer would obey them", DJB is wrong: a lot of people follow the POSIX rules. Or maybe he's right... and there are very, @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ uncommon, thing to do: <ul> <li> ↑ The main advantage of this setup is that it makes your system clock <em>linear</em>. In other words, -<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gettimeofday.html">gettimeofday()</a> +<a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gettimeofday.html">gettimeofday()</a> becomes suitable for both timestamping (which needs absolute time) and timeout computations (which need reliable interval measurements); if your clock is accurate enough, it can function as both a wall clock and a stopwatch. @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ or so. </li> <li> ↓ This setup is arguably not SUSv4 conformant (a strict interpretation of Single Unix requires the system clock to be set to UTC). </li> <li> ↓ This setup is <em>not</em> compatible with -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntpd">ntpd</a>. <tt>ntpd</tt>'s design +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntpd">ntpd</a>. <tt>ntpd</tt>'s design is flawed: it makes the mistake of setting the system clock itself - instead of simply making the computed time available to other programs, one of which could set the system clock - and it always sets it to UTC. (The |