Re: RH8.0 kernel 2.4.18-19.8.0 make dep warning

[Michael Schwendt <ms0301rh arcor de>]

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:29:07 +1100, Michael Mansour wrote:

> I'm compiling a new kernel and after the make dep get the following
> warning:
> 
> (echo ""; echo "all: \\"; cat tmp_include_depends_1; echo "") >> 
> tmp_include_depends
> rm tmp_include_depends_1
> make: warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
> 
> From here I Proceed to a make clean.
> 
> I haven't seen this wanring before though, should it be a concern?

Yes, you should be concerned at least slightly because with your
clock running unreliable, "make" may not be able to determine
dependencies correctly. This can result in things like previously
compiled object files being mixed into a new build.

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