install issue, uniux x86_64, configure: error: newly created

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install issue, uniux x86_64, configure: error: newly created

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hm.. check system clock? waa?

I installed imagemagick on other server without issue, yet a new root server got issues, please help someone...

here is the SSH output....

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./configure
configuring ImageMagick 6.3.2
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock
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using install instruction for imagemagick website for uniux
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Re: install issue, uniux x86_64, configure: error: newly created

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Touch your top level files and try building again (e.g. touch ImageMagick-6.3.2/*; cd ImageMagick-6.3.2;make).
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ok will try, thanks. WORKS! thanks tons! Please add this to Install docs if other have same issue.
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Re: install issue, uniux x86_64, configure: error: newly created

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Most likely your system clock is not synched properly.
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Re: install issue, uniux x86_64, configure: error: newly created

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Any tips or resources to sync it?
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