On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 01:45:14PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >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

Maybe you didn't install binutils?

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