On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 05:42:27PM +0100, Claus Rosenberger enlightened us:
> >>it would be nice if amanda will be packaged with a compiled in
> >> wrapper tar script instead of running tar from /usr/bin. perhaps
> >> it's possible to run /usr/lib/amanda/tar-wrapper wich is calling
> >> /usr/bin/tar again. that script could be changed then to call
> >> /usr/bin/star.
> >>
> > If building it from scratch, this is no problem Claus.  You just use a
> > line in your config script that says
> > --with-gnutar=your-wrapper-script, just like in this script I use:
> 
> i could build from scratch but then i have a lot of work to upgrade amanda
> to newer versions. i think i have to ask the debian maintainer if that
> makes sense in the official debian package. but it would be easier if
> amanda offer the concept. the maintainer would include it i think.
> 
> but if there is no other way i have to build it from scratch every time a
> new version comes out
> 
> claus
> 
> 

I don't know about .debs, but with .rpms I can rebuild the source RPM after
modifying the spec file so I get the best of both worlds...customized build
and package management.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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