On 8 Apr 2003 at 5:03pm, Dirk H Bartley wrote

> I'm getting a core dump when I run any amanda program.
> 
> [root@srvbai2 amanda-2.4.4]# amcheck
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
*snip*
> When I configure I get the following warning and I am not sure if it is
> related.
> 
> checking linux/ftape-header-segment.h usability... no
> checking linux/ftape-header-segment.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: linux/ftape-header-segment.h: present but cannot be
> compiled
> configure: WARNING: linux/ftape-header-segment.h: check for missing
> prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: linux/ftape-header-segment.h: proceeding with the
> preprocessor's result

That shouldn't be a problem.

> The amanda is compiled from source on a redhat 7.0 machine with an

Wow that's old.  Any chance of upgrading?  If not, make sure that you've 
got *all* the errata installed.  ISTR several glibc bug fixes since 7 came 
out.  Also, I believe it's been EOLed now.

Of course, 9 just came out, so good luck getting to a mirror...

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University