diff -up amanda-3.1.0/common-src/glib-util.c.ftbfs amanda-3.1.0/common-src/glib-util.c
--- amanda-3.1.0/common-src/glib-util.c.ftbfs	2010-06-01 21:22:19.000000000 +0200
+++ amanda-3.1.0/common-src/glib-util.c	2010-06-23 17:34:18.580848540 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ glib_init(void) {
      * is initialized) */
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
 # ifdef G_THREADS_ENABLED
-    g_assert(!g_thread_supported()); /* assert threads aren't initialized yet */
+    /*g_assert(!g_thread_supported());*/ /* assert threads aren't initialized yet */
 # endif
     g_assert(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) == 0);
 #endif