From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 17:22:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B0C16A41F; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:22:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B795C43D58; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:22:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se) Received: from [217.211.5.18] (217.211.5.18) by pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 438C7D000010D2D9; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:22:56 +0100 Message-ID: <439074E8.8030007@n00b.apagnu.se> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:23:04 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Dahl References: <439071CF.5040608@n00b.apagnu.se> <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> In-Reply-To: <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------040205080304070409070202" Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] update to the faq regarding the "touch: not found" error during buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:22:58 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040205080304070409070202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joel Dahl wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 17:09 +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: > >>Hi! >>This is an attempt to update the faq with an entry regarding the "touch: >>not found" error. There is seen from time to time people asking and >>wondering about this strange and non-informative error, so I think an >>addition to the faq is good. >> >>Feel free to change anything you like in the diff! >>Regards! >>//Niclas > > > Where's the diff? On my harddrive... I forgot to attach it. Here it is. //Niclas --------------040205080304070409070202 Content-Type: text/plain; name="faq.book.sgml.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="faq.book.sgml.diff" --- faq.book.sgml.orig 2005-12-02 16:32:45.000000000 +0100 +++ faq.book.sgml 2005-12-02 17:02:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -4036,6 +4036,23 @@ to a complete system lockup. + + + + Why does buildworld/installworld die with the message + touch: not found? + + + + This error does not mean that touch is missing. The + error is instead propably due to the dates of the files + being set sometime in the future. If your CMOS-clock is + set to local time you need to run the command + adjkerntz -i to adjust the kernel clock + when booting into single user mode. + + + --------------040205080304070409070202--