I've never installed and used amanda from a pre-built package. Thus I'm not familiar with the needs and problems creating and using such a package entail.
Sun Freeware is a quasi official and supported Sun site for distributing compiled freeware for solaris. Current their list includes a pretty old version of amanda for Sparc systems only. I have the ear of the site maintainer and think I can influence what goes into the amanda package. But I need some suggestions. Here are some things I've considered, but please supply any experience or thoughts you may have. - amanda 2.4.3 official release is imminent, use that as the base when it is released - the current package does not chown root, and setuid the several necessary programs, this should be done during installation - what config options should be used? - should tapetype be precompiled too? - how does a package handle the "defaults" like tape device, ... - should an amanda specific user and backup group be created by the installation, which names? - should a default amanda configuration directory, with example conf files be installed - any other thoughts or war stories appreciated -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
