** Reply to message from Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:39:28 +0100
> Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > > I am currently trying to implement amanda on a Fedora Core 1 system. It > > actually contains a precompiled amanda but in order to change its use of > > directories you'll have to recompile it. I thought - rather naively - that it > > would be piece of cake. Nah, lots of compile errors due to missing header > > files. So I downloaded version 2.4.4p2 in rpm format and installed it instead > > of the former version 2.4.4p1, but it has the same non-standard use of > > directories. > > What do you mean with "non-standard"? It is actually quiet standard. > (Or do you mean that is does not put things in /usr/local? /usr/local > is things that you install yourself, to keep them seperate from vendor > supplied programs.) > > If you have header files missing, you could just as well download those > rpms, and then try to compile again. OK, I understand that you say between the lines that there ought not to be any problem compiling amanda, so I'll give it another try with fresh downloads. > > > So I am up to another compile. This time I would like to hear if there are any > > known gotchas with this operation. Are there any patches I must have? Or should > > I dump Redhat's version of amanda and get something else? And what? > > To compile you just need a decent compilation environment. If amanda > wouldn't compile, I doubt you can compile any program (except maybe > "hello.c", and that proves only you have a C-compiler). I suppose FC1 *is* a "decent compilation environment". Thanks, Erik P. Olsen
