On 18/01/10 17:58, Jim Green wrote: > Hi all > > I'n trying to get amanda working on x86_64 SL51 > > - problem one, an old bug in the amanda rpm causing a segfault > on a double-freed pointer, fixed by obtaining > > amanda-*-2.5.0p2-8.el5.x86_64.rpm > > and manually installing, > > - problem two, we get backups OK on ext3 filesystems but > failures on XFS filesystems, google suggests that if amanda > is compiled on a system without xfsdump installed then the > amanda will be built without xfs support. I think that this has > happened > - question : can I find out if it has XFS support? I can't see a way > > - problem three, OK, I'll rebuild it myself, grab the source rpm, > rpm -i it into /usr/src, cd to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS > > rpmbuild -bb amanda.spec > > result : configure.in:2588: /usr/bin/m4: builtin `mkstemp' requested by > frozen file is not supported, > > google says due to m4 being too old. > > m4 --versionGNU M4 > 1.4.5 > > this seems to be the newest SL5 m4 available. > > Any ideas? > > What baffles me is that, if the newest m4 in SL is unable to build the > amanda package, then how come the SL amanda rpms exist! where they > compiled on another RH variant in some bizzare "cross distro compilation" > exercise?! > > Any pointers would be gratefully received > > Cheers > > Jim
We use Amanda here but not the Redhat/SL RPM, Amanda themselves provide RPMs for RHEL4 & 5: http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php See if that has the XFS stuff built in. Tim Edwards
