Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:56:22 -0700 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: samba3 error Message-ID: <42709726.9020206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff05042708553df29617@mail.gmail.com> References: <1114613430.426fa6b6f1e16@webmail.dock.com.br> <790a9fff05042708553df29617@mail.gmail.com>
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Hijacking a thread for a moment, this is a plea to all of those automated build error log analyzers out there. Please please please grep through the configure.log (if any) for the "obvious" part of the following snippet: [...] > checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly > created file is older than distributed files! > Check your system clock [...] and act accordingly. Bonus points for somehow convincing the controlling terminal (including serial consoles) to show an animation of someone breaking a grandfather clock with a REALLY LARGE sledgehammer with an (internationalized, of course) rendering of "YOUR CLOCK NEEDS YOU!" below it, and then refusing to send the email/PR/whatever. Extra style points for completely taking over the terminal and refusing to do anything until the contents of the ntpdate man page have been read and recited back. Maintainers of configure-afflicted ports would love you all to pieces as grindingly similar emails turn up on a monotonously regular basis... Hrm. Maybe we(tm) need(tm) a "Common Ports Building Issues" chapter.... -aDe
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