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List:       linux-server
Subject:    Re: sync-ing time and NFS
From:       Brian Candler <B.Candler () POBOX ! COM>
Date:       2000-05-02 6:46:16
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> make: *** Warning: File `foobar.cc' has modification time in the future...
> make: *** Warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
>
> I have an hourly cron job running rdate, but I still will sometimes
> get this warning.
>
> Am I doing all that can be done?

Running rdate hourly might actually _cause_ this problem, as the time will
jump every hour (but not by very much).

The right solution is to run xntpd on all your machines.

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