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| -rw-r--r-- | files/slackpkg | 17 |
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diff --git a/files/slackpkg b/files/slackpkg index cec2ddd..1fa7b3e 100644 --- a/files/slackpkg +++ b/files/slackpkg @@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ # Evaldo Gardenali (aka UdontKnow) evaldogardenali@fasternet.com.br # +# Ensure that we're not at the epoch. slackpkg breaks with GPG checks when +# the date is so far in the past: +if [ $( date +%s ) -le 1437841588 ]; then +cat <<"EOF" +Error: Your system date is wrong. slackpkg requires that the date be correct +so that the package signatures can be verified. + +The date may be incorrect because you have a system such as a Raspberry Pi that +does does not have an RTC (Real Time Clock), or that the correct date was unable +to be read from the RTC due to a driver bug, or a missing driver. + +You may wish to set up NTP on your system: +http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:network_services:ntp + +EOF + exit 1 +fi #======================================================================== # |