* [gentoo-dev] suggestion for install docs
@ 2002-06-06 17:20 P Oscar Boykin
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From: P Oscar Boykin @ 2002-06-06 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw
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you might place the following at the beginning of the install
documentation:
=============
Note: using the "date" command you should ensure that your clock is
accurate. If your clock is set too far in the past, portage can have
problems making packages.
==========================
my clock was set two weeks in the past (I did not notice) and so one of
the builds (wget) got into a loop because the configure script was dated
in the future. I had to stop it, figure out what was wrong, and
restart. Alternatively, you might include a ntpdate, and have the user
set the date by ntp as part of the install.
Best,
Oscar.
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