----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Smith" <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
To: "Allen Liu --- work" <allen AT bellglobal DOT com>; <amanda-users AT amanda 
DOT org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: gnutar in configure


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>
> --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
I installed tar-1.13.25 . There is no such thing 'gnutar' generated. It only
generated 'tar' and installed it in /usr/local/bin.
>
> Frank
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> >
> > 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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