I've been seeing several packages have this problem lately. The machine this package was built on has:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>date Wed Jan 5 11:28:19 PST 2000 Moreover, the latest timestamp in the slrn.deb is: 2000-01-03 16:35:07 So why is tar complaining about timestamps in the future? (I can't reproduce the complaint, either.) ----- Forwarded message from Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Subject: Bug#54137: slrn: future timestamps in tar archive From: Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: bug 3.2.7 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 16:46:58 +0000 Package: slrn Version: 0.9.6.2-2 Severity: normal Preparing to replace slrn 0.9.5.7-16 (using .../slrn_0.9.6.2-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement slrn ... tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:38 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 05:55:08 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 05:55:47 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:11 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:12 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:13 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:13 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 05:55:08 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:38 tar: Archive contains future timestamp 2000-08-29 06:01:37 Similar things happened in the past, perhaps with this or perhaps another package. I don't believe the cause was determined then, but, before anyone asks, yes I am sure that it is presently before the date in question and that my system's clock is not misset. (It is not August.) $ date Wed Jan 5 16:45:57 UTC 2000 $ -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux phoenix 2.2.13 #3 Sun Oct 24 06:12:59 UTC 1999 i586 unknown Versions of the packages slrn depends on: ii debconf 0.2.60 Debian configuration management system ii libc6 2.1.2-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii slang1 1.3.9-1 The S-Lang programming library - runtime ver --- Begin /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/slrn (modified conffile) Config file not present or no permissions for access --- End /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/slrn ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
