Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:22:32 +0100 From: "Niclas Zeising" <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/90740: [PATCH] update to the FAQ regarding the "touch: not found" error during buildworld Message-ID: <20051221122232.80E2337E76@smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200512211230.jBLCUCrw094636@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 90740
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] update to the FAQ regarding the "touch: not found" error during buildworld
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 21 12:30:11 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Niclas Zeising
>Release: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD aeris.daemonic.se 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Nov 21 12:25:01 CET 2005 root@aeris.daemonic.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AERIS i386
>Description:
Hi!
This is an attempt to update the FAQ with an entry regarding the "touch: not found" error. From time to time people are asking and wondering about this strange and non-informative error, so I think an addition to the FAQ is in order.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Apply the attatched patch which (tries to) document this error. Feel free to change the patch anyway you like.
--- faq.book.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- 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>
--- faq.book.sgml.diff ends here ---
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