Hello, I ran ./configure using the --with-gnutar option and it's working fine now.
Thanks once again. Regards, Pipoli > > > *** > > > amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/local/bin" sbindir="/usr/local/sbin" > > > amandad: libexecdir="/usr/local/libexec" mandir="/usr/local/man" > > > amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/amanda" > DEV_PREFIX="/dev/dsk/" > > > amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/rdsk/" DUMP="/usr/sbin/ufsdump" > > > amandad: RESTORE="/usr/sbin/ufsrestore" > > > amandad: COMPRESS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/gzip" > > > amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/gzip" > > > amandad: MAILER="/usr/ucb/Mail" > > > *** > > > > GNUTAR="/.../.../..." is missing here. That means that the > > amanda was compiled without gnutar. > > > > Currently a lot of configuration is compiled in. That's why most people > > don't like binary distributions. > > Download and compile your own if possible. > > > > Searching further in the amanda-users history (back in 2001), someone > suggested installing the amanda package *after* installing gnutar. I just > tried that and there still is no GNUTAR= entry in the path list. :/ >