Re: Clock skew detected?

[Dave Reed <dreed capital edu>]

> From: "Hossein S. Zadeh" <hossein bf rmit edu au>
> 
> Hi there,
> I just received a new server today. After installing RH5.2, I got the
> latest kernel (2.2.2), and compiled it. I noticed that any invokation of
> 'make' results in the following error:
> make: *** Warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
> 
> I should add that the compiled kernel works fine. Compile of the very same
> kernel source on my workstation (also RH5.2) does not produce any error.
> 
> I wonder if the error could be a result of a faulty M/B or an almost dead
> BIOS battery? Any ideas?
> 
> Hossein

Did you untar the kernel on one machine and compile it on another? 

In my experience, clock skew indicates the files have a newer time
stamp than the current time on the machine you are typing "make" on.

Dave