I've never installed and used amanda from a pre-built package.
Thus I'm not familiar with the needs and problems creating and
using such a package entail.

Sun Freeware is a quasi official and supported Sun site for
distributing compiled freeware for solaris.  Current their list 
includes a pretty old version of amanda for Sparc systems only.

I have the ear of the site maintainer and think I can influence
what goes into the amanda package.  But I need some suggestions.

Here are some things I've considered, but please supply any
experience or thoughts you may have.

- amanda 2.4.3 official release is imminent, use that as the base
  when it is released

- the current package does not chown root, and setuid the several
  necessary programs, this should be done during installation

- what config options should be used?

- should tapetype be precompiled too?

- how does a package handle the "defaults" like tape device, ...

- should an amanda specific user and backup group be created by
  the installation, which names?

- should a default amanda configuration directory, with example
  conf files be installed

- any other thoughts or war stories appreciated

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