From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Bargmann Subject: Dates set to Dec 31 1969 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:09:13 -0500 Message-ID: <20140927130912.GK4704@n0nb.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33564) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXrkd-0003TI-EZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:09:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXrkW-0006Tk-01 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:09:27 -0400 Received: from www11.qth.com ([72.52.250.187]:44782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXrkV-0006T7-PT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:09:19 -0400 Received: from [68.234.117.143] (port=47743 helo=merlin) by www11.qth.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XXrkP-002p1y-Kg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:09:13 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel As much as I'd like to be six years old again in some aspects, I'm curious why most of the dates under /gnu/store and under ~/.guix-profile are set to Dec 31 1969? Yes, I know that this is just before the beginning of the Unix epoch, which must figure into the equation in some way. If this is in the FM, I apologize for the noise as I haven't completed the manual yet. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us