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Re: amdump not working

2007-08-29 09:58:11
Subject: Re: amdump not working
From: Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk AT bio.umass DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:58:21 -0400

Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Maya Bercovich schrieb:
>
>   
>> define dumptype user-tar {
>>   root-tar program "GNUTAR"
>>   comment "definitions for GNUTAR"
>> }
>>     
>
> Is user-tar the dumptype in your disklist for the DLE you wanna backup?
>
>
>
>
>   
>> I also ran ./configure again on my client with  --with-gnutar=/usr/
>> local/xtar/xtar (and subsequent make and make install, of course).
>>     
>
> I don't know xtar and if it's compatible with gnu-tar. Isn't there a
> gnu-tar for your OS?


She had said previously that her client was Mac OS X.

On my Mac, /usr/bin/tar is GNU tar 1.14 +CVE-2006-0300 +CVE-2006-6097

That would seem like the correct and appropriate place to tell amanda to
get it.


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Chris Hoogendyk

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