On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 04:28:52PM -0500, Guy Dallaire wrote:
> I've just discovered that tar 1.14 might actually be buggy. On many of
> my linux boxes (clients and server) I have gnu tar 1.14 or 1.13.25
> 
> I'm understanding that I should instead download the latest tar
> version (or 1.15) and install this in /usr/local/bin and use this
> instead of the system's default in /usr/bin

> I will only have to redo the config using
> --with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/tar on my linux box and then re-make
> amanda using the same parameter I used originally.

Alternatively, you could just rebuild the tar RPM for the new version,
upgrade it, and leave Amanda alone.  

> The question I have is:
> 
> When I will do the "make install" at the end, will it overwrite my
> amanda configuration files and disklists etc ?

No, make install doesn't put anything in the config directory.