Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:23:04 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] update to the faq regarding the "touch: not found" error during buildworld Message-ID: <439074E8.8030007@n00b.apagnu.se> In-Reply-To: <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> References: <439071CF.5040608@n00b.apagnu.se> <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se>
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Joel Dahl wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 17:09 +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>This is an attempt to update the faq with an entry regarding the "touch:
>>not found" error. There is seen from time to time people asking and
>>wondering about this strange and non-informative error, so I think an
>>addition to the faq is good.
>>
>>Feel free to change anything you like in the diff!
>>Regards!
>>//Niclas
>
>
> Where's the diff?
On my harddrive... I forgot to attach it.
Here it is.
//Niclas
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--- faq.book.sgml.orig 2005-12-02 16:32:45.000000000 +0100
+++ faq.book.sgml 2005-12-02 17:02:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -4036,6 +4036,23 @@
to a complete system lockup.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question id="touch-not-found">
+ <para>Why does buildworld/installworld die with the message
+ <errorname>touch: not found</errorname>?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>This error does not mean that touch is missing. The
+ error is instead propably due to the dates of the files
+ being set sometime in the future. If your CMOS-clock is
+ set to local time you need to run the command
+ <command>adjkerntz -i</command> to adjust the kernel clock
+ when booting into single user mode.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>
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