On Sunday 09 November 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Sunday 09 November 2008, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >>On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: >>> etc, etc. The device major/minor's didn't change with the reboot, amanda >>> is still 2.6.0p2, and tar wasn't changed, so what brought this on? This >>> problem is beginning to get under my skin & upset me. Amanda, up till >>> about 2 years ago was stable, and worked well if my tape drive did. Now, >>> frankly, its turning into a PIMA. Has anyone an idea what keeps doing >>> this to me? >> >>Now, now -- be nice. You're living on "the edge" in terms of kernel >>versions (and presumably other software), and that will invariably >>lead to hardship. > >Kernel, OOo in a couple of versions, adobe reader direct from adobe, and > some tricks to keep me sane as firefox gets updated for the latest attack. > >>I think that installing a newer tar and setting CHECK_DEVICE to "no" >>will clear this up. After all, we introduced this feature just for >>you :) > >Yup, me and a lot of other linux users. :-) In re that, I don't feel > special, its a common sense thing in view of the relative instability of > the linux filesystem over time. The only thing consistent is the change. > :) > >>I realize that Fedora doesn't have a new enough tar yet -- you could >>build your own, or modify the RPM .spec to build the newest version >>and rebuild. >> >>Dustin > >Or build from the tarball. :) I have done that, several times in testing >things about the time that 1.13 & 1.15 went to the dogs. That however was >several installs back up the log. > >But the puzzling part to me is that amanda has lost her mind, but the device >mapper did not change the major/minors between the 2 kernel versions, > (unless it switched the order and my use of disk labeling hides it) so we > probably can't point that particular finger. What is left then? What > should I look for after that? > >Got 1.20, make check running now. Where do I put this "CHECK_DEVICE=no" >option? Or do I have to install the latest 2.6.1 amanda to get that?
I can't find anything in the latest amanda, but tar-1.20's NEWS file says it now has a --no-check-device configuration option. Unforch: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tar-1.20]$ ./configure --no-check-device configure: error: unrecognized option: --no-check-device Try `./configure --help' for more information. Same if root. What the heck? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Every morning is a Smirnoff morning. Gene: Humm, jolly idea, too bad I don't have any.
