On Wednesday 02 January 2002 02:56 am, Jeffrey S. Mulliken wrote: >Gene, > > Don't know if this is your first networked machine, but in > case your just getting started with xinetd, bear in mind that > by default, the old inetd configuration used to have all > services enabled. Xinetd, on the other hand, comes standard > with all services 'disabled'. So, check the contents of your > /etc/xinetd.d/ directory, and change all of the amanda related > files so that they have 'disable' set to 'no'.
I think I have that part under control. I've even written a couple of things for the xinetd.d directory. I reverted xinetd to 2.3.3 and everything is now working once again, including last nights backup. Once you begin to understand xinetd, it does seem to be a better way to do things. I went back and checked xinetd-2.4.3's dependencies and the only place it has a problem is in its requesting the newer, can't build a kernel with it, version of gcc AT RUN TIME. I for one fail to see the logic in flooding the rawhide site with stuff that can be installed, but will not run on any existing distro. A fresh version of gcc-3.10-0.11 was released on Dec 28, and even if you try to install every related, identically versioned package in one swell foop, the broken dependency list, other stuff on the system that will break, is probably 2-3 letter sized pages long and includes the huge majority of your everyday applications! Thats why my bit of a tirade and the comparison to fresh male bovine excrement. I'd consider dl'ing and building the new gcc released yesterday, but I'd rather have rpms for such an important piece of the system. I don't even know if it can be built with 2.96-101 in one pass, they've released code before that had to be built in 2 steps, first with the older compiler, and then repeat with itself before it was "right". I've got better things to do, like trying to make an epson 1250u scanner work without bringing the system down. -- Cheers, Gene
