>I'm compiling with the following params:
>...
>--with-user=root --with-group=root

Side issue.  Do you really need to run as user root?  Amanda is not
normally set up that way (why ask for permissions you don't need).

>--with-db=gdbm

Sigh.  At 2.4 a new database format, "text", was introduced.  It's **so**
much easier to work with, it was made the default and I doubt anyone has
used "real" DBM files for years.  There never was enough load on those
files to justify a database engine (IMO).

So, rather than digging into making DBM work again (and as I recall, it's
going to be completely removed before too long), how about switching to
--with-db=text (or just leaving it off)?  All you have to do (as I recall)
is run "amadmin <config> export" on your old config before upgrading,
then "amadmin <config> import" afterward.

Ummmm, maybe you shouldn't have nuked the old 2.3.0.4 version yet?  :-)

If you really, really, have to have DBM support, it can probably be
fixed up.  Although I'll be away at a conference next week (at the UofMD,
birthplace of Amanda, I just realized :-) and won't be able to help
until after that.

>Marc Davignon

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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