On Monday 22 December 2003 13:00, Dean Pullen wrote:
>Ok I added --mandir=/usr/share/man to the configure params and it
>successfully 'make install'.
>
>So does this overwrite the original amanda? Is it now usable after
> doing this 'make install', or do I have to do further things?
>
>Dean.
>
Do an rpm -e on anything amanda that falls out of an "rpm -qa|grep 
amanda"

You may have to use --nodeps to get rpm to do it.  Then reinstall 
after dumping that damaged script and using the one attached to my 
last message.

>
>-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Smith [mailto:fsmith AT hoovers DOT com]
>Sent: 22 December 2003 17:43
>To: Dean Pullen; amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>Subject: RE: database01 /export lev 0 FAILED 20031222[could not
> connect to database01]
>
>--On Monday, December 22, 2003 17:23:07 +0000 Dean Pullen
>
><dean.pullen AT virtuefusion DOT com> wrote:
>> Well it looks like I'd better make it myself...I was dreading
>> this.
>>
>> Used Gene's script, then did a make install as root and got:
>>
>># /bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs /usr/bin/man/man8 # mkdir
>> /usr/bin/man # mkdir: `/usr/bin/man' exists but is not a directory
>> # mkdir /usr/bin/man/man8 # mkdir: cannot create directory
>> `/usr/bin/man/man8':
>
>Not
>
>> a directory # make[2]: *** [install-man8] Error 1 # make[2]:
>> Leaving directory `/amanda-2.4.4p1/man'
>># make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
>># make[1]: Leaving directory `/amanda-2.4.4p1/man'
>># make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>>
>>
>> Help! :-/
>
>Looks like you are trying to stuff the man pages in a bin directory
>(/usr/bin/man is the man command, the installer should be trying to
>use the directory /usr/man, /usr/share/man, /usr/local/man, or
>wherever it goes on your platform.  I'm guessing something's amiss
>in Gene's configure script (possibly a line got truncated, wrapped,
>or dropped).
>
>Frank

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