Newly created file older than distributed files - configure

Redrield · 2017-10-28 23:01:44

For some reason, it seems like any project that forces me to ./configure in order to generate a Makefile fails to configure for the following reason "Newly created file is older than distributed files".

I've tested this on i3 (vanilla and gaps), GTK+ 3.22, and Linux Mint's LightDM greeter from the AUR (lightdm-slick-greeter). All of them fail for the same reason.
I've checked timedatectl, date -u, and my hardware clock. All 3 have the correct time for my time zone.

jasonwryan · 2017-10-28 23:09:14

Is there a reason you aren't using a PKGBUILD?

Redrield · 2017-10-28 23:15:59

I am using a PKGBUILD. I tried to install i3-gaps and lightdm-slick-greeter from the AUR. But they pull down source files and compile them

Redrield · 2017-10-28 23:26:11

I figured it out. The configure script depends on /usr/bin/ls being a specific ls program that gives it the output it expects. Mine was not that program and so was screwing it up. Replacing my ls with the system's ls fixed the issue.

jasonwryan · 2017-10-28 23:35:32

More information would have been helpful...

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leouno · 2023-09-01 22:22:10

I had the same problem.
I had used `exa` as `ls`.
The problem was fixed after I replaced with the system's `ls`.

Arch Linux

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Newly created file older than distributed files - configure

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