--On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 16:23:45 -0500 "Richard B. Tilley (Brad)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the smart response.
I'll just stick with my manual method of restoring as I don't have time to
change a src file (that I don't currently have) and recompile. Besides, my
method works... it's amanda's method that doesn't work, but no one seems to
care about that.
Read The Fucking Manual punk. My balls are bigger than yours punk so don't
bother me. Do what the error message says dog-breath before I squash you with
my 64-bit souped-up, compiled the compiler ... yadah yadah yadah
There are an amazing number of people on this list (and others) that _haven't_
checked the obvious (to some) error messsages and followed the suggestions.
None of the usual responders on this list are 'psychic friends' and don't
know anything about a poster's intelligence, skill level, or familiarity
with their OS, tape drives, changers, Amanda, etc.
The best debugging starts with eliminating the obvious first and then working
to more and more obscure possibilities. If someone doesn't say exactly what
they have tried and what the results were, all we can do is ask or suggest
things that they may already have tried.
Sometimes we (the people responding to posts) are a little terse, not because
we are trying to be smartasses, but because none of us are paid to help the list,
so we don't have much time to help those that need it, and sometimes think that
a quick response might be enough to help someone past whatever problem they
are stuck on as opposed to waiting until later to give a more lengthy reply.
I agree that there are some things compiled into Amanda that would be better
suited to a config file, but it hasn't bothered me (or evidently anyone else)
enough to spend the time to create the required diff's to the source to change it.
Now, I wonder why Open Source and Free Software aren't more main stream?
Try calling or emailing Microsoft, Sun, Veritas, or any commercial software
company and see how much help you get for free, or even with a service contract.
There are several regular posters on this list that would easily be considered
level 3 support at other companies. I've personally dealt with vendors whose
support is very expensive yet is less helpful and responsive than this list.
Frank
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 03:27 pm, Jon LaBadie wrote:
Did you try what the message suggests?
That is generally a good first attempt.
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