On Thursday 19 August 2004 16:20, BAUMLER Julie L wrote:
>Paul Bijnens said:
>> todd zenker wrote:
>> > I'm trying to compile the amanda-2.4.4.p1 client on Solaris
>>
>> 9 and it
>>
>> > stops at config.status: executing depfiles commands.
>>
>> If you're compiling anyway, why did you choose an old version?
>> Current stable is 2.4.4p3.
>
>Todd -
>
>Definitely get 2.4.4p3, 2.4.4p1 on Solaris is unable to find the
>readline include files even if you give the location to configure. 
> (If you MUST use 2.4.4p1, link /usr/local/include/readline to
>amanda-2.4.4p1/common-src/readline.)
>
>2.4.4p3 is NOT available at ftp.amanda.org, but it is available via
>HTTP.  (Is there someone on this list who can fix that BTW?)

The http site is a link near the bottom of the home page for 
amanda.org, and leads to Jean-Louis M's page at umontreal.edu.  Not 
hard to find at all, and quite bookmarkable for later accesses.

>For client only, I compile with --with-user=amanda
> --with-group=sysadmin --with-smbclient=/usr/local/bin/smbclient
>--with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/tar --with-libraries=/tmp/lib
>--with-include=/tmp/include --without-server --without-restore
>
>I like to use /tmp/lib and /tmp/include instead of
>/usr/local/[lib|include] when compiling because I build packages for
>distribution to 20+ hosts and it helps me manage dependancies.
>
>2.4.4p3 compiles fine for me on Solaris 9 - I'm compiling my client
>today actually.  I could probably send you a client package for p1
> or p3 in Solaris package format - although the p1 would have
> group=sysadmin and the p3 package wouldn't be tested yet.
>
>To compile or run on Solaris, you will also need SUNWgzip
> (preferable over the Sunfreeware gzip), SMCreadl (or compile the
> GNU readline libraries yourself), and libgcc if you use gcc.
>
>Jon LaBadie said:
>> You say there is "no make to run".
>> Do you really mean "make" or "no makefile (or Makefile)"?
>> One is a program that must be installed as a system developer
>> utility, the other is the control file created by configure.
>>
>> If you really mean "make" the program, as in "$ bash: make:
>> not found",
>> then you probably do not have your PATH variable set properly. 
>> Copies can be found in /usr/ccs/bin and /usr/xpg4/bin.  They are
>> installed with the packages SUNWsprot and SUNWxcu4t respectively
>> (check with pkginfo if they are installed).  A copy of GNU's make
>> can also be installed (I "think" used with amanda) from the
>> "Companion CD" (CCD). It gets insatlled in /opt/sfw/bin as "gmake"
>> from package SFWgmake.
>
>If you are compiling anything on Solaris, you pretty much need to
> have /usr/ccs/bin in your path.
>
>> Sun doesn't supply a C compiler so unless you purchase an extra
>> cost compiler, you will have to install the GNU C compiler (gcc)
>> from the CCD.  On a standard installation Sun puts a shell script
>> called "cc" in /usr/ucb directory; all it does is say is "you
>> don't have a compiler".  When I install the GNU compilers I then
>> rename /usr/ucb/cc and replace it with a symbolic link to
>> /opt/sfw/bin/gcc. I put similar links in /usr/ccs/bin and
>> /opt/sfw/bin.
>
>I'd highly recommend against removing the existing /usr/ucb/cc,
> because it can lead to confusion about which compiler you are using
> and there are a number of cases where it matters whether you use
> the Sun compilier or gcc (particularly when building perl modules).
>  Also, Sun may replace /usr/ucb/cc with a patch or upgrade and when
> you remove an individual file that is part of a package, you've
> essentially broken your package database.
>
>I prefer to set CC=gcc in my .profile/.cshrc and then always use
> make to compile even if all I use is the default rules. ("touch
> Makefile; make foo" or "make -f /dev/null foo" will compile foo.c
> into a binary called foo when compiling something too simple to
> need a Makefile")
>
>Julie

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