Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:51:15 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Hank Marquardt <hmarq@yerpso.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: find /usr/src -mtime -0 Message-ID: <3BB17AE3.571D88C5@owt.com> References: <20010925064527.A13569@hermes.yerpso.net> <20010925153455.D97142@sunbay.com> <3BB0B7B8.AA058D67@owt.com> <20010925211810.D57333@sunbay.com> <3BB0FB4C.2F3E77C5@owt.com> <20010926093225.B20611@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> If your "world" fails trying to build something
> during the "installworld" phase, go on reading.
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 02:46:52PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:58:32AM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you please check that the computer's date and time are set
> > > > > correctly? It if is, can you please run the following command,
> > > > > and send me its output:
> > > > >
> > > > > find /usr/src/contrib/groff /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff -ls
> > > > >
> > > > > I suspect that modification dates of some files in /usr/src may
> > > > > be set to a wrong (future) time. Then make(1) may get confused
> > > > > thinking some targets are outdated in "installworld".
> > > >
> > > > Could this be a side effect of the "9 Sept 01 Cvsup Error".
> >
> > The S1G Cvsup bug makes the dates come out 31 Dec 69 instead of 10 Sep
> > 01.
> >
> If this "69" is 2069, that is definitely the problem!
No, it was 1969 but all dates after 9 Sept 2001 showed up in a ls -al as
31 Dec 1969. So, output from any previous compiles were newer.
Kent
>
> Just try this:
>
> $ touch -t 200201010000 source
> $ cat Makefile
> target: source
> cat ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
> $ make
> $ make
> $ make
> $ make
> $ make
>
> To avoid this, make sure that:
>
> 1) The date on your computer is set correctly.
> 2) "find /usr/src -mtime -0" produces nothing.
>
> I wonder if make(1) should be fixed to warn if some
> sources have the modification date pointing in the
> future.
>
> Cheers,
> --
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