Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > * Jean-Louis Martineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20080401 14:33]: >> Hello, >> >> The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the release of Amanda 6.2. > > It takes courage to release on April 1st! > And I suppose this is meant to be 2.6 :) > > I'd love to test but how to I get glib > 2.2.0? On my production > systems running Debian/Etch all I have is glib 2.12.4-2 and I don't > see any backport for it. Even Sid is at 2.16 I believe.
2.12 is newer than 2.2. Think of it as twelve vs. two instead of one two vs. two. Debian sarge even has libc 2.3.2, which is greater than 2.2.0. Frank > > Where can I get a version that meets the requirement to compile > amanda-2.6 so that I can start testing it in my environment? > > jf > >> >> Source tarballs are available from >> >> * http://www.amanda.org >> * https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120 >> >> Binaries for many systems are available from >> >> * http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php >> >> Documentation can be found at >> >> * http://wiki.zmanda.com >> >> >> >> Here's a list of the changes for release 6.2 (from the NEWS file): >> Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details. >> >> * configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules >> require shared libraries. Use configure --with-static-binaries to >> build statically linked binaries. >> * New --enable-kitche-sink flag: calls the plumber when you kitchen >> sink is backed up. >> * 'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the >> * new, more flexible 'amcheckdump' >> * 'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated. >> * Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/" >> subdirectories: libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and >> internal programs are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda. If you >> mix 2.6.0 and earlier version with rsh/ssh auth, you need to add >> an 'amandad_path' to the dumptype and to amanda-client.conf. >> * The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at >> $localstatedir/amanda/amandates. You may want to move your >> existing /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda. >> * New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg. >> * New amenigma - WWII enigma machine encryption. Super duper secure. >> * New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration >> tools these tools make assumptions, please see man page. >> * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup >> o Speedup in 'amrecover find' and starting amrecover. >> * glib is required to compile and run amanda. >> * Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting >> tapes, vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3 >> * New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing >> Amanda applications in Perl. Perl module are installed by default >> in the perl installsitelib directory. It can be changed with >> 'configure --with-amperldir'. * New 'local' security driver >> supports backups of the amanda server without any network >> connection or other configuration. >> * Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'. >> * Amanda configuration file changes >> o amanda.conf changes >> + flush-threshold-dumped >> + flush-threshold-scheduled >> + taperflush >> + device_property >> + usetimestamps default to yes >> >> >> Jean-Louis Martineau >> > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
