Re: configure fails even with-group specified

On Wednesday 30 July 2003 18:10, Bort, Paul wrote:
>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...
>
That won't fly either.  There MUST be a space in front of the 
backslash, and nothing BUT the newline after it.

>> -----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

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