why does `Makefile' have modification time in the future?
I just got up a stable Debian system and decided to install some perl
modules. This and other software I downloaded consistently gave me
this error about the modification time of the Makefile and some of its
targets being in the future. I went back and re-downloaded some of
these things from scratch but still got the error. Transcript below:
bash# gzip -dc PGPLOT-2.05.tar.gz | tar xvf -
PGPLOT-2.05/
PGPLOT-2.05/typemap
PGPLOT-2.05/test11.p
PGPLOT-2.05/PGPLOT.pm
PGPLOT-2.05/LICENSE
PGPLOT-2.05/kgbpack.c
PGPLOT-2.05/Makefile.PL
PGPLOT-2.05/HELP
PGPLOT-2.05/test.pl
PGPLOT-2.05/test.img
PGPLOT-2.05/README
PGPLOT-2.05/test1.p
PGPLOT-2.05/PGPLOT.xs
PGPLOT-2.05/ExtUtils/
PGPLOT-2.05/ExtUtils/F77.pm
PGPLOT-2.05/test2.p
PGPLOT-2.05/pgfun.c
PGPLOT-2.05/test3.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test4.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test5.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test6.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test7.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test8.p
PGPLOT-2.05/test9.p
PGPLOT-2.05/MANIFEST
PGPLOT-2.05/CHANGES
PGPLOT-2.05/test10.p
bash# cd PGPLOT-2.05
bash#
bash# bash# ls
CHANGES Makefile.PL pgfun.c test11.p test6.p
ExtUtils PGPLOT.pm test.img test2.p test7.p
HELP PGPLOT.xs test.pl test3.p test8.p
LICENSE README test1.p test4.p test9.p
MANIFEST kgbpack.c test10.p test5.p typemap
bash#perl Makefile.PL
ExtUtils::F77: Using system=Generic compiler=G77
ExtUtils::F77: Validating -L/usr/lib -lf2c -lm [ok]
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for PGPLOT
bash# make
make: *** File `Makefile' has modification time in the future
make: *** File `Makefile.PL' has modification time in the future
make: Failed to remake makefile `Makefile'.
bash#
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