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From: P Oscar Boykin <boykin@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] suggestion for install docs
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 12:21:13
Message-Id: 20020606172001.GB2932@pobox.com
1 you might place the following at the beginning of the install
2 documentation:
3 =============
4 Note: using the "date" command you should ensure that your clock is
5 accurate. If your clock is set too far in the past, portage can have
6 problems making packages.
7 ==========================
8 my clock was set two weeks in the past (I did not notice) and so one of
9 the builds (wget) got into a loop because the configure script was dated
10 in the future. I had to stop it, figure out what was wrong, and
11 restart. Alternatively, you might include a ntpdate, and have the user
12 set the date by ntp as part of the install.
13
14 Best,
15 Oscar.
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