--On Tuesday, March 02, 2004 13:34:19 -0500 Allen Liu --- work <allen AT 
bellglobal DOT com> wrote:

> I installed gnutar 1.13.25 which generate :
>     /usr/local/bin/tar
> 
> When I configure amanda 2.4.4p2, it could not find gnutar :
> 
> ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=sys --prefix=/myapp/am1
> .......
> checking for grep... /usr/bin/grep
> checking for gtar... no
> checking for gnutar... no
> checking for tar... /usr/local/bin/tar
> checking for smbclient... /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient
> checking for gzip... /usr/bin/gzip
> .......
> 
> My questions are:
> -  when I specify dumptype with program=GNUTAR, does it use
> /usr/local/bin/tar  ?

Not sure.

> - how to make ./configure recognize gnutar ?

Run configure with --with-gnutar=/path/to/your/gnutar

Frank

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Allen Liu
> 
> IP Application Design and Engineering
> Bell Canada
> (613) 781-7368, allen AT bellglobal DOT com
> 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4



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