> Hi Gordon,
> 
> This is a known bug that was fixed by Jean-Louis in 2.5.0p2.  
> Where did you get debian packages from 2.5.0? Did you build 
> on your own? If so, you can update the tree and try again.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paddy
> 

Thanks Paddy. I simply installed the version using Debian's apt package
manager. It gives the version as 1:2.5.0-2 and is from the debian/testing
branch. I guess I'd have to build my own to update to the latest or email
the maintainer of the packages.

Thanks,
Gordon




> On 5/19/06, Gordon J. Mills III <Gordon.Mills AT usa DOT net> wrote:
> > I just upgraded one of my amanda servers to 2.5.0. This is on a 
> > debian-stable (sarge) machine using the apt packages. I was using 
> > 2.4.5p1 before. The backup appears to have worked fine, but 
> when I run 
> > amverifyrun to determine which tape(s) to verify, I get the 
> Illegal slot: "-1" error.
> >
> > This problem appears to stem from these lines in the 
> amverifyrun script:
> > FIRST_SLOT=`grep "taper: slot" $AMLOG | fgrep 'exact label 
> match new 
> > tape first labelstr match' | sed 1q | sed 's/://g' | awk 
> '{print $3}'` 
> > if [ X"$FIRST_SLOT" = X"" ]; then
> >   FIRST_SLOT='-1'
> > fi
> >
> > If I grep for those strings in the amdump.1 file, I do not 
> find them. 
> > Is this a bug in 2.5.0 or is it just a problem with the debian 
> > packages or perhaps somehow my setup is messed up?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gordon
> >
> >
> >
> >
>