[gentoo-user] amanda client

[gentoo-user] amanda client

[Jorge Almeida]

Google says there exists such a thing as "amanda-client", but it's not
in portage.
	jorge@jmaa ~ $ emerge -pv amanda

	These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

	Calculating dependencies ...done!
	[ebuild  N    ] mail-client/mailx-support-20030215  8 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] net-libs/liblockfile-1.06  31 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20040524-r1  126 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] sys-block/mtx-1.2.18  163 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] app-arch/mt-st-0.7-r1  34 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] app-arch/dump-0.4.39  +readline -static 270 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/pdflib-5.0.4_p1-r1  +java +perl +python -tcltk 2,759 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] media-gfx/gnuplot-4.0-r1  +X +doc -emacs -gd -ggi +pdflib -plotutils +png +readline -svga -xemacs 2,110 kB
	[ebuild  N    ] app-backup/amanda-2.4.5  -berkdb -debug -gdbm -samba -xfs 1,505 kB

	Total size of downloads: 7,009 kB
	~
Judging from the names, most of these packages appear to be useful only
in the server (gnuplot, ...).
I need to setup the computer as client only.
What to do? Should I emerge all of this? (Or are these just small
emerges?)

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Re: [gentoo-user] amanda client

[Mark Shields]

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Since google is your friend, if you had searched for "gentoo amanda-client",
you would've found some more information. "amanda-client" as your only
search keyword returns some distros that have seperate server/client
packages (like Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD). But these seem to be, if these
packages are still active, distro-created seperate packages. If you look at
the official website (http://amanda.org), you will see that even the
official releases don't have seperate server/client packages. The
server/client all come in the same gzipped tar file. Now, if you were to
request an ebuild for the client be made (I checked
bugs.gentoo.org<http://bugs.gentoo.org>,
nothing there mentioning a client-only version), or possibly a specific use
flag for the ebuild (say amandaserver), someone might be happy enough to
make one for you (or you can always nudge the package maintainer).

On 10/21/05, Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt> wrote:
>
> Google says there exists such a thing as "amanda-client", but it's not
> in portage.
> jorge@jmaa ~ $ emerge -pv amanda
>
> These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [ebuild N ] mail-client/mailx-support-20030215 8 kB
> [ebuild N ] net-libs/liblockfile-1.06 31 kB
> [ebuild N ] mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20040524-r1 126 kB
> [ebuild N ] sys-block/mtx-1.2.18 163 kB
> [ebuild N ] app-arch/mt-st-0.7-r1 34 kB
> [ebuild N ] app-arch/dump-0.4.39 +readline -static 270 kB
> [ebuild N ] media-libs/pdflib-5.0.4_p1-r1 +java +perl +python -tcltk 2,759
> kB
> [ebuild N ] media-gfx/gnuplot-4.0-r1 +X +doc -emacs -gd -ggi +pdflib
> -plotutils +png +readline -svga -xemacs 2,110 kB
> [ebuild N ] app-backup/amanda-2.4.5 -berkdb -debug -gdbm -samba -xfs 1,505
> kB
>
> Total size of downloads: 7,009 kB
> ~
> Judging from the names, most of these packages appear to be useful only
> in the server (gnuplot, ...).
> I need to setup the computer as client only.
> What to do? Should I emerge all of this? (Or are these just small
> emerges?)
>
> --
> Jorge Almeida
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>


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- Mark Shields

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Re: [gentoo-user] amanda client

[Jorge Almeida]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Mark Shields wrote:

> Since google is your friend, if you had searched for "gentoo amanda-client",
> you would've found some more information. "amanda-client" as your only
> search keyword returns some distros that have seperate server/client
> packages (like Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD). But these seem to be, if these
> packages are still active, distro-created seperate packages. If you look at
> the official website (http://amanda.org), you will see that even the
> official releases don't have seperate server/client packages. The
> server/client all come in the same gzipped tar file. Now, if you were to

I know that. There are config options to build only the client side.
Just thought there might exist some "hidden" USE variable.

I guess I'll try to install it to /usr/local, off portage. Less
error-prone than messing with ebuilds.

> request an ebuild for the client be made (I checked
> bugs.gentoo.org<http://bugs.gentoo.org>,
> nothing there mentioning a client-only version), or possibly a specific use
> flag for the ebuild (say amandaserver), someone might be happy enough to
> make one for you (or you can always nudge the package maintainer).
> 
I wouldn't expect anyone to write an ebuild _only_ for me. I suppose few
gentooers need only the client side of amanda.
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Re: [gentoo-user] amanda client

[Mark Shields]

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You never know, someone might be willing to make an ebuild for you. If you
really want one, I would post on bugs.gentoo.org
<http://bugs.gentoo.org>for a feature request.

On 10/23/05, Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Mark Shields wrote:
>
> > Since google is your friend, if you had searched for "gentoo
> amanda-client",
> > you would've found some more information. "amanda-client" as your only
> > search keyword returns some distros that have seperate server/client
> > packages (like Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD). But these seem to be, if these
> > packages are still active, distro-created seperate packages. If you look
> at
> > the official website (http://amanda.org), you will see that even the
> > official releases don't have seperate server/client packages. The
> > server/client all come in the same gzipped tar file. Now, if you were to
>
> I know that. There are config options to build only the client side.
> Just thought there might exist some "hidden" USE variable.
>
> I guess I'll try to install it to /usr/local, off portage. Less
> error-prone than messing with ebuilds.
>
> > request an ebuild for the client be made (I checked
> > bugs.gentoo.org <http://bugs.gentoo.org><http://bugs.gentoo.org>,
> > nothing there mentioning a client-only version), or possibly a specific
> use
> > flag for the ebuild (say amandaserver), someone might be happy enough to
> > make one for you (or you can always nudge the package maintainer).
> >
> I wouldn't expect anyone to write an ebuild _only_ for me. I suppose few
> gentooers need only the client side of amanda.
> --
> Jorge Almeida
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>


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- Mark Shields

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