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--- Trevor Forbes <trevorforbes@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > I get the following random error when building packages? > > make[1]: *** Warning: File `xmakefile' has modification time in the future > (2000-04-07 08:09:32 > 2000-04-07 08:09:31) > make[1]: *** Warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete. > > The clock skew is always out by one second and it never seems to affect the > final build. > There is no network drives involved > > > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/2000-02/msg00035.html > states the problem as: > This appears to be a typical characteristic of Windows systems, as if the > low order bits of the file time are "random." It hasn't appeared to be a > problem; I don't see it as often in Win2K. I've wondered whether cygwin > should mask off the low order bits, given that Windows works this way. > > Is the above statement correct? > > Anyway, my question is, given that it does not seem to affect builds and > that does not seem to be a common problem. > Should I just continue to ignore the error or will it eventually cause a > build to be incomplete? > > Would you be using a networked device for storage, compilation, etc? This could be a difference in clocks between your workstation and the fileserver. ===== --- Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: <http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html> __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: <http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/> Mingw Home: <http://www.mingw.org/> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com
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