Changeset 824ddcc for introduction/important

Timestamp:

09/08/2022 04:04:07 AM (20 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

cd29bc9

Parents:

587f998

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (09/08/2022 04:02:30 AM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (09/08/2022 04:04:07 AM)

Message:

introduction: URL clean up

• dreamwvr.com is dead now.
• freecode.com now redirects to SourceForge, add GitHub as well.
• use HTTPS if possible.

Location:

introduction/important

Files:

• beyond.xml (modified) (9 diffs)
• building-notes.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• locale-issues.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

introduction/important/beyond.xml

@@ -43 +43 @@
       <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> to include it. Before using the latter
       option, check out <ulink
-      url="http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html"/>.
+      url="http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html"/>.
       If you modify <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>, remember to update
       <filename>/etc/ld.so.cache</filename> by executing
@@ -82 +82 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>If you know the name of the package, then search Freecode for
-      it at <ulink url="http://freecode.com/"/>. Also search Google at
-      <ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the
-      <filename class='extension'>rpm</filename> at
-      <ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/"/> or the
+      <para>If you know the name of the package, then search SourceForge for
+      it at <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/directory/"/>, and search
+      GitHub for it at <ulink url="https://github.com/"/>.
+      Also search Google at <ulink url="https://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a
+      search for the <filename class='extension'>rpm</filename> at
+      <ulink url="https://rpmfind.net/"/> or the
       <filename class='extension'>deb</filename> at
-      <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can
+      <ulink url="https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can
       also lead to a link to the package.</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -96 +97 @@
       of the executable. If the results are overwhelming, try searching for the
       given executable in the Debian repository at <ulink
-      url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.</para>
+      url="https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
@@ -133 +134 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Arch <ulink url="http://www.archlinux.org/packages/"/> - enter
+          <para>Arch <ulink url="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/"/> - enter
           the package name in the 'Keywords' box, select the package name,
           select the 'Source Files' field, and then select the
@@ -141 +142 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Debian
-          <!-- 2020-11-11 : ftp hangs trying to connect, presumably removed.
-               Use http because firefox says the certificate at this gb site is
-               not valid for ftp.uk.debian.org -->
-          <ulink url="http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool"/> (use your country's
+          <ulink url="https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool"/> (use your country's
           version if there is one) - the source will be in .tar.gz tarballs (either
           the original upstream <filename class='extension'>.orig</filename> source,
@@ -173 +171 @@
           and they change frequently.  Also, if you have found a mirror, you need to
           know which directory the application has been assigned to.  The ebuilds
-          themselves can be found at <ulink url="http://packages.gentoo.org/"/> -
+          themselves can be found at <ulink url="https://packages.gentoo.org/"/> -
           use the search field.  If there are any patches, a mirror will have them
           in the <filename class="directory">files/</filename> directory. Depending
@@ -184 +182 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>openSUSE provide a rolling release, some package versions are in
-          <ulink url="http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/src/"/>
+          <ulink url="https://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/src/"/>
           but others are in ../update/openSUSE-current/src - the
           source only seems to be available in source rpms.</para>
@@ -190 +188 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Slackware - the official package browser is currently broken.  The
-          site at <ulink url="http://slackbuilds.org/"/> has current and previous
+          site at <ulink url="https://slackbuilds.org/"/> has current and previous
           versions in their unofficial repository with links to homepages, downloads,
           and some individual files, particularly the <filename>.SlackBuild</filename>
@@ -215 +213 @@
     <para>You may also find an rpm2cpio script useful.  The Perl version in the
     linux kernel archives at <ulink
-    url="http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0210.2/att-0093/01-rpm2cpio"/>
+    url="https://lore.kernel.org/all/20021016121842.GA2292@ncsu.edu/2-rpm2cpio"/>
     works for most source rpms.  The rpm2targz script will use an rpm2cpio script
     or binary if one is on your path.  Note that rpm2cpio will unpack a source

introduction/important/building-notes.xml

@@ -609 +609 @@
     <para>
       For more information on stripping, see <ulink
-      url="http://www.technovelty.org/linux/stripping-shared-libraries.html"/>.
+      url="https://www.technovelty.org/linux/stripping-shared-libraries.html"/>.
     </para>
 

introduction/important/locale-issues.xml

@@ -116 +116 @@
     <para>In extreme cases, Windows encoding compatibility issues may be
     solved only by running Windows programs under
-    <ulink url="http://www.winehq.com/">Wine</ulink>.</para>
+    <ulink url="https://www.winehq.com/">Wine</ulink>.</para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -161 +161 @@
     <para>The general rule for avoiding this class of problems is to
     avoid installing broken programs. If this is impossible, the
-    <ulink url="http://j3e.de/linux/convmv/">convmv</ulink>
+    <ulink url="https://j3e.de/linux/convmv/">convmv</ulink>
     command-line tool can be used to fix filenames created by these
     broken programs, or intentionally mangle the existing filenames