Your Makefile has been rebuilt…
One might asume building a port from source should be fast and straight forward.
Not in this case, however…
# cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-File-Tail
# make clean build
===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.8
===> Cleaning for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===> Extracting for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Patching for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Configuring for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
File::Tail will be installed without debugging information.
This information isn’t usefull unless you intend to tinker
with the code. To install with debugging enabled, use:
perl Makefile.PL LOGIT
Checking if your kit is complete…
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Mail
==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <==
==> Please rerun the make command. <==
false
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/p5-File-Tail/work/File-Tail-0.99.3
Usually, this particular error happens only if local time/date is not set correctly.
Good, so show me the date, please:
# date
Wed Jan 10 11:49:18 CET 2007
But what is this? Date and time seems right.
Maybe something wrong with the files within the port directory?
# cd /usr/src/devel/p5-File-Tail
# make clean && make extract
# find ./work/File-Tail-0.99.3/ -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 452 Sep 14 2005 ./META.yml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1931 Dec 18 1998 ./t/20tail.t
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 912 Sep 14 2005 ./t/30name_change.t
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1653 Dec 18 1998 ./t/10open.t
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1101 Feb 2 1999 ./select_demo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 27994 Jan 10 11:47 ./Tail.pm.debug
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4812 Sep 14 2005 ./Changes
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1381 Nov 3 1999 ./logwatch
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 198 Sep 14 2005 ./MANIFEST
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 25311 Jan 10 11:47 ./Tail.pm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2471 Oct 17 2000 ./Makefile.PL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2143 Feb 2 1999 ./README
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 27991 Sep 14 2005 ./Tail.pm.debug.orig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23027 Jan 10 11:47 ./Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/lib/File/.exists
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 25311 Feb 9 11:47 ./blib/lib/File/Tail.pm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/lib/auto/File/Tail/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/arch/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/arch/auto/File/Tail/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/bin/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/script/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/man1/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/man3/.exists
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 14740 Jan 10 11:47 ./blib/man3/File::Tail.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 10 11:47 ./pm_to_blib
Well, nothing bad here either.
However, it *has* to be something about the date.
Maybe, there is some issue with perl libs, MakeMaker in
particular, then?
Let's see:
# find /usr/local/lib/perl5/ -name "*MakeMaker*" -exec ls -l {} \;
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 78826 Feb 9 08:48 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
total 20
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 565 Feb 9 08:48 Config.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7605 Feb 9 08:48 FAQ.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 4387 Feb 9 08:48 Tutorial.pod
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 769 Feb 9 08:48 bytes.pm
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 707 Feb 9 08:48 vmsish.pm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 19874 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1866 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1983 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3631 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5239 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1937 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man/man3/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish.3.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3905 Feb 9 08:49 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/BSDPAN/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
There it is! You see?
Obviously the was a timestep forward one the system clock sometimes in the past, so files created then actually got a timestamp in the future.
So let's fix this and try rebuilding the port.
# find /usr/local/lib/perl5/ -name "*MakeMaker*" -exec touch {} \;
# cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-File-Tail
# make clean build
===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.8
===> Cleaning for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===> Extracting for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Patching for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Configuring for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
File::Tail will be installed without debugging information.
This information isn’t usefull unless you intend to tinker
with the code. To install with debugging enabled, use:
perl Makefile.PL LOGIT
Checking if your kit is complete…
Looks good
Writing Makefile for File::Tail
===> Building for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
cp Tail.pm blib/lib/File/Tail.pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::Tail.3
So we learn an important lesson from this: Perl’s MakeMaker does not only fail the build process if the system clock is set incorrectly.
It does so also if the timestamps on any source files and MakeMaker’s own perl modules have a time leap forward.