Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 16:27:53 -1000 From: "Art Neilson, KH7PZ" <art@hawaii.rr.com> To: Marc Veldman <freebsd@planet.nl> Cc: Christophe Prevotaux <chris@hexanet.fr>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The importance of a correctly set time (was: Make buildworld fails) Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990906162753.008d5cb0@clients1.hawaii.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909062212560.1737-100000@lurkie.wxs.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909061452510.31482-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3.0.6.32.19990906162753.008d5cb0>