Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:29:15 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The importance of a correctly set time Message-ID: <199909072129.OAA24190@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <44586.936695180@axl.noc.iafrica.com> from Sheldon Hearn at "Sep 7, 99 11:06:20 am"
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>> *If your kernel/CMOS time is not set correctly, your 'make world' and >> 'make install' of various ports may fail in unexpected ways* Can someone please explain the linkage (if any) between the kernel's idea of the time, and the CMOS clock on the motherboard? I know Solaris x86 attempts to keep them in sync. There's a /etc/system switch to turn that off if, for example, you're running xntp (so you don't have several processes fiddling with kernel time). I know Interactive UNIX (yes, I'm that old, and yes, we still have some running) will set the CMOS clock anytime settimeofday(3) is called. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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