in reply to perl modules installation error

Hi,
This is what exactly i did and the complete outcome.
I didn't want to post it the first time; i thought it was too long.
sybella1@server1:~>su -
password:*********
server1:/ # perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
ReadLine support enabled

cpan> install HTML::Parser
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:00:37 GMT
Running install for module HTML::Parser
Running make for G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz ok Scanning cache /root/.cpan/build for sizes HTML-Parser-3.45/ HTML-Parser-3.45/t/ HTML-Parser-3.45/t/xml-mode.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/textarea.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/textarea.t: time stamp 2004-11-15 22:16:34 is 121691032 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter-methods.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter-methods.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/crashme.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/handler-eof.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode-bom.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode-bom.t: time stamp 2004-11-22 12:11:17 is 122259515 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec-bad.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/dtext.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/dtext.t: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:25:23 is 122353961 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/callback.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/callback.t: time stamp 2004-11-17 12:32:28 is 121828786 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities.t: time stamp 2003-01-18 12:39:44 is 64027622 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/comment.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/comment.t: time stamp 2003-04-17 04:45:10 is 71685148 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/declaration.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/offset.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/offset.t: time stamp 2001-05-09 08:15:49 is 10526587 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/handler.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/plaintext.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/plaintext.t: time stamp 2004-11-11 10:08:07 is 121301725 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/case-sensitive.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/case-sensitive.t: time stamp 2004-04-01 12:47:41 is 101954099 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/cases.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/cases.t: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:19:43 is 122353621 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/marked-sect.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/marked-sect.t: time stamp 2001-05-07 18:45:08 is 10391546 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/filter.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/tokeparser.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/tokeparser.t: time stamp 2003-10-14 11:11:07 is 87260305 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/linkextor-rel.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities2.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/entities2.t: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:14:52 is 123458530 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/skipped-text.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/skipped-text.t: time stamp 2004-11-15 22:17:23 is 121691081 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/linkextor-base.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/default.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser.t: time stamp 2004-11-22 17:49:02 is 122279780 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/uentities.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/uentities.t: time stamp 2004-11-17 14:22:26 is 121835384 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/headparser-http.t HTML-Parser-3.45/t/script.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/script.t: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:44:43 is 125375521 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/stack-realloc.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/stack-realloc.t: time stamp 2003-10-27 21:17:21 is 88423479 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/magic.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/options.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/attr-encoded.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/attr-encoded.t: time stamp 2002-03-08 03:49:24 is 36693402 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unicode.t: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:08:25 is 123458143 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec2.t /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/argspec2.t: time stamp 2001-03-13 18:52:47 is 5643605 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/ignore.t HTML-Parser-3.45/t/largetags.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unbroken-text.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/unbroken-text.t: time stamp 2001-03-30 08:40:30 is 7072068 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/msie-compat.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/msie-compat.t: time stamp 2003-10-03 15:49:33 is 86326611 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/t/api_version.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/parsefile.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/parser.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/process.t
HTML-Parser-3.45/t/pullparser.t
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t/pullparser.t: time stamp 2001-03-26 07:43:46 is 6723064 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/ /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/t: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hlc /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hlc: time stamp 2002-06-25 17:42:55 is 46157413 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hanchors /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hanchors: time stamp 2001-03-26 23:05:40 is 6778378 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htextsub
HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htitle
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htitle: time stamp 2001-03-26 23:05:41 is 6778379 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hstrip
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hstrip: time stamp 2001-03-19 05:09:36 is 6112614 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hrefsub /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hrefsub: time stamp 2003-10-10 12:30:30 is 86919468 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hform /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hform: time stamp 2001-03-27 22:58:35 is 6864353 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hdump /bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/hdump: time stamp 2003-10-10 14:33:13 is 86926831 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/eg/htext
HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/eg: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/
HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Entities.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Entities.pm: time stamp 2004-11-23 15:06:16 is 122356414 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/PullParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/PullParser.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 10:56:18 is 86913816 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Filter.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/Filter.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 10:56:18 is 86913816 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/TokeParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/TokeParser.pm: time stamp 2004-11-23 11:40:56 is 122344094 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/LinkExtor.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/LinkExtor.pm: time stamp 2003-10-10 11:20:56 is 86915294 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/HeadParser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML/HeadParser.pm: time stamp 2004-12-01 10:22:07 is 123030565 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/util.c
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib/HTML: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/lib: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/util.c: time stamp 2004-12-06 09:11:37 is 123458335 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Makefile.PL
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Makefile.PL: time stamp 2004-11-23 15:12:39 is 122356797 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hints/
HTML-Parser-3.45/hints/solaris.pl
HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.pm
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hints: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.pm: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:02:27 is 126136185 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/TODO
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/TODO: time stamp 2004-11-23 14:26:36 is 122354034 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/MANIFEST
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/MANIFEST: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:45:39 is 125375577 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/tokenpos.h
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/tokenpos.h: time stamp 2003-04-17 18:17:25 is 71733883 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Changes
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Changes: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:04:11 is 126136289 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/mkhctype
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/mkhctype: time stamp 2001-02-23 07:08:01 is 4046119 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.xs
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/Parser.xs: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:02:28 is 126136186 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/mkpfunc
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/mkpfunc: time stamp 2004-11-17 09:43:09 is 121818627 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.c
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.c: time stamp 2004-12-28 13:47:44 is 125375702 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/README
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/README: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:00:36 is 126136074 s in the future HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.h
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/hparser.h: time stamp 2004-11-23 20:38:27 is 122376345 s in the future
HTML-Parser-3.45/typemap
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45/typemap: time stamp 2003-04-17 01:36:07 is 71673805 s in the future
/bin/tar: HTML-Parser-3.45: time stamp 2005-01-06 09:06:03 is 126136401 s in the future
Removing previously used /root/.cpan/build/HTML-Parser-3.45
CPAN.pm: Going to build G/GA/GAAS/HTML-Parser-3.45.tar.gz
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for HTML::Parser
make: Warning: File `Makefile.PL' has modification time
1.2e+08 s in the future
Makefile out-of-date with respect to
Makefile.PL /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/Config.pm /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE/config.h
Cleaning current config before rebuilding Makefile...
/usr/bin/make -f Makefile.old clean > /dev/null 2>&1 || /bin/sh -c true
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for HTML::Parser
==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <==
==> Please rerun the make command. <==
false
make: *** Makefile Error 1
/usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
cpan>

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Re^2: perl modules installation error
by Joost (Canon) on Aug 28, 2005 at 00:31 UTC
    Make can get confused if your system clock is not correct (or more precisely, if your dependencies are newer than the current system time). I'd recommend setting your system clock to the correct time and then try to make a clean build (in the CPAN shell I believe you can do that with clean HTML::Parser followed by install HTML::Parser).

    "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"
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      Hi Joost,
      I'm going to try to reset the system clock; i don't know how but I will try.
      I'm new to linux. I will let you know. Thanks for the reply.
      regards,
      sybella.
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        Hi Joost,
        You were right, it was the system clock. It's working now.
        For any one following this thread this is what i did:
        run:
        apt-get install netdate
        netdate tcp 128.2.136.71
        Create /var/spool/cron/tabs/root:
        # update time with ntp server
        0 3,9,15,21 * * * /usr/sbin/netdate 128.2.136.71
        Then run
        chmod 600 /var/spool/cron/tabs/root
        /etc/init.d/cron restart
        regards,
        sybella.
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