The RH 6.1 gcc compiler is in the egcs package. You may also need cdecl,
cproto and flex.
I used ./configure pentiumii on one of my early attempts.
R. Olsen
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Compiling
> > >I'm new to Amanda and I cannot compile it. ./configure says to me:
> > >"can't guess host type. you have to specify one". I plan to use
> > >amanda 2.4.1.p1 on a RedHat 6.1 system. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > And are you building it on "a RedHat 6.1 system"? What does "uname
> > -a" say?
>
> Yes, I'm building it on RedHat 6.1, too. uname says:
> Linux [name] 2.2.12.32 #1 [date] i686 unknown.
> I've tried it with the option
> --host=Linux or
> --host=i686-unknown-Linux
> Now configure says:
> checking host system type... Invalid configuration 'Linux': machine
> 'Linux'
> and stops with the error: C compiler cannot create executables
>
> The rest of the process is listed above. A big thx for help in
> advance.
>
> Olaf
>
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type...
> checking target system type...
> checking build system type...
> checking config.cache system type... same
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for non-rewinding tape device... /dev/null
> checking for raw ftape device... /dev/null
> checking for Kerberos and Amanda kerberos4 bits... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
>
> *****
> This machine, target type , is not known
> to be fully supported by this configure script. If the
> installation of Amanda on this system succeeds or needed
> any patches, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
> the patches or an indication of the sucess or failure of
> the Amanda installation on your system.
> *****
>
> checking whether aclocal can find libtool macros... no
> checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for gawk command line variable assignment... yes with -v
> checking for bison... no
> checking for byacc... no
> checking for cat... /bin/cat
> checking for compress... /usr/bin/compress
> checking for dd... /bin/dd
> checking for egrep... /bin/egrep
> checking for getconf... /usr/bin/getconf
> checking for gnuplot... /usr/bin/gnuplot
> checking for grep... /bin/grep
> checking for gtar... /bin/gtar
> checking for gzip... /bin/gzip
> checking for Mail... /usr/bin/Mail
> checking for mt... /bin/mt
> checking for chio... no
> checking for chs... no
> checking for mtx... no
> checking for lpr... /usr/bin/lpr
> checking which flag to use to select a printer... -P
> checking for pcat... no
> checking for perl5... no
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for sh... /bin/sh
> checking for ufsdump... no
> checking for dump... /sbin/dump
> checking whether /sbin/dump supports -E for estimates... no
> checking for ufsrestore... no
> checking for restore... /sbin/restore
> checking for xfsdump... no
> checking for xfsrestore... no
> checking for vxdump... no
> checking for vxrestore... no
> checking for vdump... no
> checking for vrestore... no
> checking for large file compilation CFLAGS... -
> D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> checking for large file compilation LDFLAGS...
> checking for large file compilation LIBS...
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -
> g ) works... no
>
