I was able to find a fix for a problem I had running Bacula 3.0.2 binaries on Ubuntu Hardy Heron, built from ubuntu-fied source packages, and thought I'd post the fix here for posterity.
I just started testing Bacula 3.0.2 after having used Bacula 2.4.4 (and previous) for quite a while on Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) platforms. In the past I've had good success adapting the various Ubuntu Debian packages to run on Hardy (ie. for example, I've been able to build and use the Intrepid and Jaunty packages on Hardy, building from source using dpkg-buildpackage). I build from source, because we use encryption, and I needed to manually enable "--with-openssl". When trying to build Bacula 3.0.2 packages with the contributed debs from here: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bacula/+archive/ppa I was having problems with the text console (I don't use the graphical clients) not connecting to the director. I previously had a working setup, so I knew I should still mostly have a working config (passwords, permissions, etc.) I found that building directly from the bacula source tarball (ie.: "./configure && make && make install"), made the problem go away (although I wanted to use proper packages for distributing internally). In the end, it seems that Ubuntu default to using LDFLAGS=-Wl, -Bsymbolic-functions" when building packages, and this seems to mess up bconsole/bacula-dir socket connections. I assume its related to the new use of libtool; I haven't yet tested with statically built executables. Building from tarballs with the above LDFLAGS also exhibits the problem, however. In the end, I build the packages from source, but manually set LDFLAGS to nothing (a single space, to avoid the Ubuntu default), ie:. $ dpkg-source -x bacula_3.0.2-3ubuntu1.dsc $ cd bacula-3.0.2 $ # Note the single space below for LDFLAGS $ LDFLAGS=" " dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us So far, these binaries seem to work (bconsole doesn't hang and timeout when connecting to the director). If I am able to investigate further and find out a more definitive cause of the problem (gcc bug, library error, etc.) I'll post back. If anyone is interested, or thinks this might be a problem with Bacula, I can post more detailed build and configuration info. -Chad Netzer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
