Maybe because there are no spaces between the settings, so they don't parse?


Try this: 

./configure --with-user=vilbu\
 --with-group=vilbu\
 --with-configdir=/etc/amanda\
 --with-config=daily\
 --with-gnutar=/bin/tar\
 --with-tapedevice=/dev/nst0\
 --with-amandahosts\
 --with-smbclient=/usr/bin/smbclient

^ note leading spaces...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. Keel [mailto:sakeel AT u.washington DOT edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:06 PM
> To: Amanda Users
> Subject: configure fails even with-group specified
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a little confused as to why configure fails.  Here's what 
> I'm using
> when I run configure...
> 
> ./configure --with-user=vilbu\
> --with-group=vilbu\
> --with-configdir=/etc/amanda\
> --with-config=daily\
> --with-gnutar=/bin/tar\
> --with-tapedevice=/dev/nst0\
> --with-amandahosts\
> --with-smbclient=/usr/bin/smbclient
> 
> ...but the response I get is this...
> 
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> configure: error: *** --with-group=GROUP is missing
> 
> ...the user 'vilbu' is a member of three groups: 'disk', 'users', and
> 'vilbu', while it's primary group is 'vilbu'; and the group 
> most certainly
> exists.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts as to why configure fails in this case?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>