[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 12075d7: Prefer https to http in installation instructions

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 12075d79de258575af1fce59976db6bb9df98d5c
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Prefer https to http in installation instructions
    
    https is filtered less aggressively by corporate firewalls.
---
 INSTALL        | 9 +++++----
 install_msw.sh | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6d77aff..12a2d77 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // snail: Chicares, 186 Belle Woods Drive, Glastonbury CT 06033, USA
 
 [Just go here:
-  http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2008-05/msg00001.html
+  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2008-05/msg00001.html
 if you're not running ms windows.]
 
 (1) Install Cygwin
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Copy and paste the following lines into the "Command Prompt" 
window:
 
 Save the following files into the 'C:\cache_for_lmi' directory:
 
-  http://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe
-  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_cygwin.bat
+  https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe
+  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_cygwin.bat
 
 Copy and paste the following lines into the "Command prompt" window:
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Copy the following, and paste it (Shift-Insert) into the 
shell:
 
   mkdir -p /tmp
   export TMP=/tmp
-  
install_script='http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_msw.sh'
+  
install_script='https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_msw.sh'
   cd /tmp
   wget -N $install_script
   chmod +x install_msw.sh
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ should see an illustration in your 'pdf' viewer. But if you 
see
 then (for printing only) you need 'java'. You can install a version
 that's been tested with lmi by running this file:
   http://download.java.net/jdk/jre-1_5_0-windows-i586.exe
+[http because that site doesn't support https as of 2017-08-28]
 
diff --git a/install_msw.sh b/install_msw.sh
index 940928c..2830f0c 100755
--- a/install_msw.sh
+++ b/install_msw.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -v
 
 # To get the latest version of this script:
 #
-# wget -N 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_msw.sh'
+# wget -N 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lmi.git/plain/install_msw.sh'
 
 # To remove lmi prior to reinstalling with this script:
 #
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ cd /opt/lmi/src
 # 'git clone' will install a pristine working copy.
 mv lmi lmi-moved-$stamp0
 
-# Favor http over git's own protocol only because corporate firewalls
+# Favor https over git's own protocol only because corporate firewalls
 # in lmi's target industry tend to block the latter. If even git's
-# http protocol is blocked, try Vadim's copy as a last resort.
-git clone http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/r/lmi.git \
+# https protocol is blocked, try Vadim's copy as a last resort.
+git clone https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/r/lmi.git \
   || git clone https://github.com/vadz/lmi.git
 # Use git's own wherever possible.
 # git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/lmi.git