Hello, I should have noticed your second email before responding to the first. These are the kinds of explicit suggestions that I like. :-)
On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:03, Troy Daniels wrote: > All, > > After all the recent emails from people running 'make install' without > running 'make' I had a look at the relevent section of the manual. > > For those who like to read along, the link is: > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Installing_Bacula.html#SECTION000106000000 >000000000 > > Point 9 in the Compiling Bacula from Source section reads: > > ------------------------- > 9. make If you get errors while linking in the Storage daemon directory > (src/stored), it is probably because you have not loaded the static > libraries on your system. I noticed this problem on a Solaris system. To > correct it, make sure that you have not added --enable-static-tools to > the ./configure command. > ------------------------- > > The word 'make' appears on the same line as the rest of the text and can > easily be overlooked (I did when I first scanned down the commands and I > was looking for it!) > > I'd suggest changing it so it reads like: > > ------------------------- > 9. make > > Note: If you get errors while linking in the Storage daemon directory > (src/stored), it is probably because you have not loaded the static > libraries on your system. I noticed this problem on a Solaris system. To > correct it, make sure that you have not added --enable-static-tools to > the ./configure command. > ------------------------- Yes, good idea. This is how it was *supposed* to be displayed. I never looked at the formatted text, so I didn't notice the problem. I have now fixed it. > > This makes the make command stand out more, and it will hopefully not be > overlooked as often. > > If you really want to emphasis it, you could add the following after > step 10 (make install): > > ------------------------- > Note: if you get errors about missing libbac.a files at this stage you > probably missed step 9. Go back and run it now! > ------------------------- Please take a look at the current text in the Development manual rather than the Released manual. I had already added some explicit clarification some time ago. I suspect that your text will not be needed, but if you don't agree, please let me know. > > Cheers, > > > Troy Daniels > Systems Administrator > iTouch Australia PTY LTD. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
