Time to slow down and be more careful

Tue Apr 18 19:37:37 UTC 2017

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:

> But /etc itself is infrequently updated, may be set by any package
> install to something far in the past.  The time on the driftfile, if
> present is usually to within an hour.  Better if always set on ntpd
> shutdown.

Is the kernel build time as returned by uname -a or uname -v a
reasonable guidepost?