On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 09:28:36AM -0700, Ian Kaufman (iank at 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. Jobst -- It took the power of 3 Commodore 64's to go to the moon, but it takes a 2GHz Pentium 4 to run XP... Something is desperately wrong here! | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia