Re: Can not build Grub bootloader

[Carlos Bergero <rak@fcien.edu.uy>]

There is a problem with the files time and date, as the error message 
says. Check the directory files time and date with the command 'ls -l'
and the system time with 'date'. Then ensure to set times correctly use 
date to reset system time if necessary, 'man date' if you dont know how, 
and 'touch file-name' change the files times, also 'man touch' to know 
how to use it.
In any case u might wont to consider using grub packager 'apt-get 
install grub' or if u wont to build it grub-src, for which u have to 
change your /etc/apt/sources.list to add the src directorys.

Cheers,
rak

rocky escribió:
> Hey,
>
> I'm following the Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. I'm on the
> section of build the GRUB bootloader
>
> I downloaded the grup 0.95. export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386" does not give
> any warning. But running configure stopped me from going on.
>
> $-------------code begin--------------------------------------$
> ronie:/usr/src/grub-0.95# ./configure --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu --
> without-curses
> configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --
> host.
>     If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be
> used.
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly
> created file is older than distributed files!
> Check your system clock
> $-----------------code end------------------------------------------$
>
> I'm using Debian Etch which is the latest stable version. Can any of
> you help me please?
>
> Blessings,
> Rocky