On Tuesday 16 December 2003 18:07, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >Dan L. Ostrom wrote: >> I was then able to do an amcheck, and it succeeded. Doing >> an amdump still >> fails however. Looking into the log file (sendsize.-----.debug) it >> indicated that >> amdump is not receiving the size information (presumably from >> sendsize module) >> that it needs to complete the tar. > >Well, it looks like you'll have better luck than me. In my poking >around to find out what the answer to my issue was, I may have > bumped into the answer to yours: >"On SunOS 4.1.3, HP/UX and possibly other systems, GNU tar 1.12 will >report incorrect output sizes, because printf does not understand > '%llu'." > >The above is from http://www.amanda.org/patches, and has the patches > to fix same. >Note that there are also some issues with GNU tar 1.13, which are > also addressed. > 1.13 is busted, thats why we always recommend either 1.13-19 or 1.13-25.
>-Ken > >> It is bewildering that amcheck works, but amdump would >> fail, but then >> amanda was written to have clients out there, so this is a little >> beyond it's >> scope. I am not a C programmer, but I am going to continue to >> *hack* at this >> to try and get it to work. >> >> If anyone else out there has already solved this problem, >> please by >> all means send the fix. I really don't need to re-invent the wheel >> >> Thanks. >> >> At 09:15 AM 12/16/2003, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> > Try using GnuTar for your dump program instead. Running 'dump' >>> > over >>> >>> an NFS >>> >>> > mount if it ever works, is likely to be frought with problems. >>> >>> Hey, Paul: yah; I'm already using tar instead of dump. >>> >>> > To compile amanda, you may well need to install a bunch of >>> > things >>> >>> like gcc, >>> >>> > automake/autoconf, etc. >>> >>> Yeah. It's actually the libraries, etc., that're giving me the >>> most grief. Guess it's time to hunker down and just get 'em all. >>> >>> > The other option might be attempting to cross-compile for HPUX >>> > from >>> >>> Linux, >>> >>> > since Linux has all the necessary tools to begin with. >>> >>> True 'nuff, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Think I'll take >>> the "compile, darn you" approach. Assuming I get it to work, is >>> there anywhere that I should put the binaries and/or >>> patches/HOWTO for public consumption? >>> >>> -Ken >>> >>> P.S. I should explicitly thank Eric Schnoebelen as the guy who >>> was kind enough to send me the patches for Amanda under HP/UX. >>> Thus far, I've seen nothing wrong with them, but rather with my >>> "development" suite (ha!) under HP/UX. See >>> http://www.google.com/search?q=Amanda+HP%2FUX for the dialog. >> >> ############################################################ >> # Dan L. Ostrom | IT Contract Services # >> # Systems Administrator III | (734) 647-5664 (voice) # >> # University of Michigan | (734) 670-4001 pager) # >> # Ann Arbor Michigan | (734) 763-4050 (fax) # >> # 48109 | # >> ############################################################ -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
