Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:23:04 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] update to the faq regarding the "touch: not found" error during buildworld Message-ID: <439074E8.8030007@n00b.apagnu.se> In-Reply-To: <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> References: <439071CF.5040608@n00b.apagnu.se> <1133543886.664.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> + <question id="touch-not-found"> + <para>Why does buildworld/installworld die with the message + <errorname>touch: not found</errorname>?</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>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 + <command>adjkerntz -i</command> to adjust the kernel clock + when booting into single user mode. + </para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter> --------------040205080304070409070202--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?439074E8.8030007>