<quote who="Paul Bijnens"> > On 2006-08-08 16:17, Gavin Henry wrote: >> >> Currently trying to compile 2.5.0p2 with: >> >> ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=disk --with-ssh-security >> --with-config=Suretec --with-changer-device=/dev/sg2 >> --with-tape-device=/dev/nst0 >> >> But configure just sits there at: >> >> checking for smbclient... /usr/bin/smbclient >> >> Same when adding --with-smbclient=/usr/bin/smbclient > > > If you do not need smbclient support, then you can configure > with "--without-smbclient" and work around this problem.
I have tried that, and with --with-smbclient=no. I've been going through configure.in to see what the probs are. > > If you do need it... then try to investigate what is blocking. > It seems like "configure" is hanging in one of the next steps. > > Configure tries to find out what version of smbclient you have > by running the command: > > smbclient '\\not.a.host.name\notashare' -U nosuchuser -N -Tx /dev/null Looks like it's this. It just hangs. I just setup 2 clients on Fedora Core 5 with 2.5.0p2, and they both are fine. The server is on a SUSE 9.3 x86_64 box, that has (Is a Samba PDC too): free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3961 296 3665 0 48 154 -/+ buffers/cache: 93 3868 Swap: 2070 0 2070 uname -a Linux nas1 2.6.14.2-smp #2 SMP Thu Nov 17 15:31:40 GMT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 73G 6.0G 67G 9% / tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm /dev/sdb 6.9T 263G 6.6T 4% /storage lsscsi [0:0:0:0] disk ATA HTS541080G9SA00 MB4O /dev/sda [4:0:1:0] tape CERTANCE ULTRIUM 2 1775 /dev/st0 [4:0:1:1] mediumx QUANTUM UHDL 000E - [6:0:0:0] disk Areca ARC-1160-VOL#00 R001 /dev/sdb > > What happens if you run that manually? Hangs > The output of that step does not appear on screen however, so it could > be that configure is actually hanging on the step after that. I think it's smbclient that is the problem. > > The next step is finding out where the "gzip" program lives. > Is does that by looking in several directories. > If one of those directories happens to be mounted on a non-responsive > NFS-server, you hang here too. > > The list of directories is: > /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bsd:/etc:/usr/etc > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin > and the value of $PATH from the user that runs configure. > > Anything strange when trying "test -e /bin/gzip"? (Try that for > all the above dirs) Nope, looks fine. > > > -- > Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 > Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 > http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *********************************************************************** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * > * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * > * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * > * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * > * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** > >