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>
> David Robillard <david.robillard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I need to install the current version of Amanda (misc/amanda-client and
> > > misc/amanda-server) and would like to install from the ports collection.
> > > However the port maintainer has not updated Amanda in quite some time. Can
> > > someone give me some advice on how to roll my own ports install from the
> > > source tarball?  Thanks.
> >
> > Did you try to contact the port maintainer? You probably want to check
> > with him/her before you update the port no?
> >
> > In any case, it's a good idea to update the port because we're going
> > to need it here too!
>
> It's nice to contact the maintainer to ensure you don't duplicate efforts.
> But no need to ask permission to create an update patch. :)
>
> --
> Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
>

I did contact the port maintainer, but he didn't respond at all. :(

Any help in getting this port updated would be greatly appreciated!