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Are these files stored on an NFS-mounted partition? With NFS, file timestamps are mostly based on the NFS server's clock, not the clock of the system manipulating the file. This can lead to problems like yours if the two system clocks aren't in sync.

You (or your system administrator) should start by investigating why the two system clocks don't agree. In any computer network, it's essential to keep all of the clocks synchronized in order to prevent problems like this.

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Re: Re: Makefile time incorrect causing error
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Nov 19, 2001 at 16:25 UTC

    Of course it was a syncronisation problem but interestingly it is a clock sync problem between my Win32 system where the tarbal was made and the FreeBSD system where it was installed. Full answer above.

    cheers

    tachyon

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