From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 6 19:28: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.hawaii.rr.com (smtp3.hawaii.rr.com [204.210.97.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184AF14C4B for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:27:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from art@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from taz - 24.31.76.79 by smtp3.hawaii.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1774.114.11); Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:28:18 -1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990906162753.008d5cb0@clients1.hawaii.rr.com> X-Sender: art@clients1.hawaii.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 16:27:53 -1000 To: Marc Veldman From: "Art Neilson, KH7PZ" Subject: Re: The importance of a correctly set time (was: Make buildworld fails) Cc: Christophe Prevotaux , stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Art chimes in (pun intended!) I knew the GPS based reference clock I built and connected to my FreeBSD box was good for something! It's a stratum 1 clock which uses the 1 pps signal from a Motorola Oncore UT+ GPS. Works great. :^) :^) :^) At 10:23 PM 09/06/1999 +0200, you wrote: >> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Christophe Prevotaux wrote: >> >> > Do I have to reinstall 3.2 RELEASE from CD and re CVSUP again ? >> > since I changed time by ntpdate ? >> >> No. An up-to-date time is really all you need. >Agreed. That worked for me. > >I've been checking the relevant documentation on the subject >(make world tutorial, FreeBSD handbook, 'The Complete FreeBSD' >2nd and 3rd edition) >and I could not find any explicit statement of the importance >of a correctly set kernel/CMOS time. Maybe something for >the tutorials/handbook/Complete FreeBSD ? > >*If your kernel/CMOS time is not set correctly, your 'make world' and >'make install' of various ports may fail in unexpected ways* > >For fun/learning, I'll start playing around with system time >and make buildworlds, and post the results here. > >Marc Veldman > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- __ / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" Arthur W. Neilson III, KH7PZ Bank of Hawaii Tech Support art@hawaii.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message