Re: building amanda on arm64
gene heskett <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Mar 2025 16:37:38 -0500
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On 3/5/25 15:50, Lou Hafer wrote: > Gene, > > Try starting with autoconf. amanda has a whack of .m4 macro > definitions that autoconf will pick up. It will run automake as well. > > Lou > Sounds reasonmable, but still does not generate the dozen or so > makefiles. Sorta like masybe not all of the build-essentials are found. gene@amanda:~/new-amanda-3.5.4.src/Amanda-working-3.5.4$ autoconf configure.ac:13: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete. configure.ac:13: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from... configure.ac:13: the top level configure.ac:13: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete. configure.ac:13: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:204: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from... config/gnulib/threadlib.m4:36: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY is expanded from... config/gnulib/threadlib.m4:29: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from... configure.ac:13: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: AC_CHECK_HEADERS($gl_header_list): you should use literals ./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:217: AC_CHECK_HEADERS is expanded from... configure.ac:14: gl_CHECK_HEADER_arpa_inet_h is expanded from... config/gnulib/onceonly.m4:52: AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE is expanded from... config/gnulib/arpa_inet_h.m4:9: gl_HEADER_ARPA_INET is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: AC_CHECK_FUNCS($gl_func_list): you should use literals ./lib/autoconf/functions.m4:117: AC_CHECK_FUNCS is expanded from... configure.ac:14: gl_CHECK_FUNC_btowc is expanded from... config/gnulib/onceonly.m4:75: AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE is expanded from... config/gnulib/btowc.m4:7: gl_FUNC_BTOWC is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete. configure.ac:14: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2920: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:692: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:699: AS_IF is expanded from... 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config/gnulib/locale_h.m4:7: gl_LOCALE_H is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: The macro `_AC_COMPUTE_INT' is obsolete. configure.ac:14: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:3376: _AC_COMPUTE_INT is expanded from... config/gettext-macros/size_max.m4:9: gl_SIZE_MAX is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete. configure.ac:14: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2847: AC_TRY_COMPILE is expanded from... config/gettext-macros/size_max.m4:9: gl_SIZE_MAX is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete. configure.ac:14: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2847: AC_TRY_COMPILE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:692: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:699: AS_IF is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2249: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2270: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... config/gettext-macros/wint_t.m4:11: gt_TYPE_WINT_T is expanded from... config/gnulib/vasnprintf.m4:33: gl_PREREQ_PRINTF_ARGS is expanded from... config/gnulib/vasnprintf.m4:15: gl_REPLACE_VASNPRINTF is expanded from... config/gnulib/vasnprintf.m4:7: gl_FUNC_VASNPRINTF is expanded from... config/gnulib/gnulib-comp.m4:166: gl_INIT is expanded from... configure.ac:14: the top level configure.ac:14: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete. configure.ac:14: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2847: AC_TRY_COMPILE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:692: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:699: AS_IF is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2249: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... 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the top level configure.ac:17: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete. configure.ac:17: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:204: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from... config/amanda/swig.m4:12: AMANDA_SETUP_SWIG is expanded from... config/amanda/amanda_configure.m4:9: AMANDA_CONFIGURE is expanded from... configure.ac:17: the top level configure.ac:17: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete. configure.ac:17: You should run autoupdate. ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2847: AC_TRY_COMPILE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:692: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from... lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:699: AS_IF is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2249: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2270: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... config/amanda/ipv6.m4:12: AMANDA_SOCKADDR_STORAGE is expanded from... config/amanda/ipv6.m4:43: AMANDA_CHECK_IPV6 is expanded from... config/amanda/amanda_configure.m4:9: AMANDA_CONFIGURE is expanded from... configure.ac:17: 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AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2270: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... config/gettext-macros/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from... config/gettext-macros/gettext.m4:57: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from... configure.ac:27: the top level gene@amanda:~/new-amanda-3.5.4.src/Amanda-working-3.5.4$ And the only thing I see is the recomendation to run autoupdate, which does not exist, not in $PATH but locate it, run it, as me and sudo, no great change in the above copious output. So whats next??? Amanda-3.5.1 is installed from armbian repo's but won't run since as yet there is no amanda.conf. Should I attempt to set that up first? After a decade since I last used it,, I do not recall what it looks like. Since I intend to use 5 of these 4T drives as an LVM, is that likely the first thing to setup? if so how? What manpage should I read first? Thanks all. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis