Re: BUG #2095: make looping - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Golubev, Nickolas USA
Subject Re: BUG #2095: make looping
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Msg-id 38A57AFD8968C64AB06B2373CB9497BF013A2AF7@america.ad.nps.navy.mil
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In response to BUG #2095: make looping  ("Nickolas Golubev" <ngolubev@nps.navy.mil>)
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Thank you, I never realized that that having the date set wrong could do
that. I updated the date to the current date/time and the compile
worked.
-Nicholas=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:14 AM
To: Golubev, Nickolas USA
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2095: make looping=20

"Nickolas Golubev" <ngolubev@nps.navy.mil> writes:
> I have a problem compiling the source code. "./configure" works fine.=20
> Then I run "make" and it just keeps looping and looping on the
"checking for "
> section. This is where it starts to loop:

Check your system clock.  This is a common symptom when the system clock
reading is older than the timestamps on the source files.  Not too
surprisingly, make gets confused about what's up to date and what not.

            regards, tom lane

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