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Bug 41818 - kde compilation freezes when date changed
Summary: kde compilation freezes when date changed
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] KDE (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo KDE team
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Reported: 2004-02-16 12:23 UTC by qwe
Modified: 2004-02-17 04:26 UTC (History)
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Description qwe 2004-02-16 12:23:25 UTC
emerging kdemultimedia

while emerging kde, I changed system time 3 hours back.
The compilation cycled (infinite cycle).

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge kdemultimedia
2. while it is compiling, change date for some hours back.
3.

Actual Results:  
the compilation process gone to infinite cycles.

It gave warning that some files have modification date in future, on each step.
Comment 1 Paul de Vrieze (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-17 04:26:33 UTC
Well don't do that. Many unix programs have the someway valid assumption that time only goes forward. Make is one of them. For this reason most time managing programs (like ntpd) do not actually set the time, they change how fast the clock goes and in such a way aim to get the time correct. There is not much to do about this as not change the time of the computer.