Ya.. I think some better documentation is in order.. I also am thinking
that you might want to convert gettime() to evgettime() and export it
for use with the library to keep those that might have a system that
doesn't have CLOCK_MONOTONIC, which defaults to CLOCK_REALTIME or even
defaults to
The libevent API has never supported absolute times for timeouts. If
they worked before then that was only by accident and never by
intention. The switch to clock monotonic was made to support clock
resets. So, personally, I am very surprised that absolute times ever
worked for you.
Is this