Hello,

has anybody got an idea how to buid amanda on an ia64 (Intel Itanium)?

./configure tells me:
 
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `ia64-unknown-linux-gnu': 
machine `ia64-unknown' not recognized

checking target system type... Invalid configuration `ia64-unknown-linux-gnu': 
machine `ia64-unknown' not recognized

checking build system type... Invalid configuration `ia64-unknown-linux-gnu': 
machine `ia64-unknown' not recognized

checking cached system tuple... ok
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for non-rewinding tape device... /dev/null
checking for raw ftape device... /dev/null
checking for Kerberos and Amanda kerberos4 bits... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for object suffix... o
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking for executable suffix... no

*****
This machine, target type , is not known
to be fully supported by this configure script.  If the
installation of Amanda on this system succeeds or needed
any patches, please email amanda-hackers AT amanda DOT org with
the patches or an indication of the sucess or failure of
the Amanda installation on your system.
*****

checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for gawk command line variable assignment... yes with -v
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for cat... /bin/cat
checking for compress... /usr/bin/compress
checking for dd... /bin/dd
checking for egrep... /bin/egrep
checking for getconf... /usr/bin/getconf
checking for gnuplot... /usr/bin/gnuplot
checking for grep... /bin/grep
checking for gtar... /bin/gtar
checking for smbclient... no
checking for gzip... /bin/gzip
checking for Mail... /usr/bin/Mail
checking for mt... no
checking for chio... no
checking for chs... no
checking for mtx... no
checking for lpr... /usr/bin/lpr
checking which flag to use to select a printer... -P
checking for pcat... no
checking for perl5... no
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for sh... /bin/sh
checking for ufsdump... no
checking for dump... /sbin/dump
checking for ufsrestore... no
checking for restore... /sbin/restore
checking whether /sbin/dump supports -E or -S for estimates... S
checking for xfsdump... no
checking for xfsrestore... no
checking for vxdump... no
checking for vxrestore... no
checking for vdump... no
checking for vrestore... no
checking for large file compilation CFLAGS... 
checking for large file compilation LDFLAGS... 
checking for large file compilation LIBS... 
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed

and when I try '--disable-libtool', it does not work either.

TIA,
Bram.