On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 06:25:49PM -0400, Gene Heskett enlightened us:
> But, if using Centos, are you using their often outdated amanda rpms,
> or building amanda from scratch, which is what the huge majority of us
> recommend.  Other than using the FILE driver now instead of the TAPE
> driver, I've been using the same script to configure and build amanda
> as each snapshot is released for 4 or 5 years now.  By having all the
> options in a script, each succeeding version simply slides into place
> with a 'make install' as root after running the script to build it as
> the user amanda, followed by a quick 'ldconfig' to bring all the
> library links into order.  I usually have it built and installed the
> same day as the release, so I am able to function somewhat like the
> canary in the coal mine, reporting any breakages before too many get
> burnt.  2 such cases in 5 years speaks very well of amanda I think.

Or you can follow my guide at
http://www.math.ohiou.edu/~hyclak/casit/amanda/ and get the best of both
worlds :-)

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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