On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 09:28:36AM -0700, Ian Kaufman (iank@mac.com) wrote:
... and because some package is provided in the MAIN repository
I don't think you understand how Red Hat (and thus CentOS) package things.
I actually do and is one of the reasons why I use it (if you read my last email carefully, you would have noticed this fact).
The version of Amanda in RHEL 5.4 and CentOS 5.4 is indeed 2.5.0p2-8 (the -8 is important) and is not yet 6 months old, much less 5 years old. When Red Hat packages RPMs, they often times back port security patches and bugfixes. As to why it crashed you server, I can bet that there are other config and software changes you have added "by hand" that may have caused a problem. We have a few CentOS 5.4 systems running the standard amanda packages without any problems.
It is rather strange (and sad) what people assume and how you argue a case. You have no idea who I am, what my knowledge is, what I have learned, my degrees, my setup, my skill set ... nothing. You do not even know what I backup, what machines, how many and the variety.
You simply assume:
I can bet that there are other config and software changes you have added "by hand" that may have caused a problem.
After I upgraded amanda, it hasn't fallen over at all with the same software on machine. I actually know the reason why it fell over, which is why I have chosen amanda-2.6.0p2 and NOT the latest version. The changes made to (the core of) amanda made my life easier, my environment more stable and my users happy, which is what I am paid for.
BTW: I have been using Red Hat based software since Hurricane running with samba fully employed at the place where I work half a year later and amanda since late 1.9 and early 2.x versions.
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