on 2002-06-26, drieux wrote:
>Well here is the problem in more unpleasantry.
>
>   I do the
>       make dist
>   load the *.gz it up to the server
>
>then download it - and let the StuffIt unwrap it - and
>i have a folder on my desktop - I use a terminal to go
>in and check the date stamps - they are - on average about
>7 hours into the future from when the date stamps are on

Just a thought: what time zone are you in? Is 7 hours the differential between your 
local time and GMT? Might be something to poke into...

>the folder I would generate by hand from the tarball with
>
>   zcat *.gz | tar -xf -
>
>This is only a problem when we are doing 'hot turn arounds'
>where I code up a fix - and hurl it.... It really does not
>matter today that the time stamps will be off on yesterday's
>tarball.... but today's tarball will unwrap with the same problem.

HTH

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