AW: Samba version in armhf?
The problem with 4.2.* is that according to
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_Release_Planning#General_information
it is already EOL. And I would prefer a released version, i.e. 4.5.1, 4.4.7
or 4.3.12 - in that order of preference, but that is for sure personal. For
an LTS distro you may want to be conservative and choose the opposite order,
but an EOL release is imho not a good idea as it does not even get security
fixes.
Thanks & Best regards, Joachim
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Wookey [mailto:wookey@wookware.org]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. November 2016 18:03
> An: Jo L <j.o.l@live.com>
> Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: Samba version in armhf?
>
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>
> On 2016-11-22 14:01 +0000, Jo L wrote:
> > I was trying bananian 16.04 which is based on Debian Jessie armhf on
> > my Banana Pro, and it turned out that the Samba version 4.2.10 I got
> > is pretty much outdated.
> > Looking at
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?arch=armhf&keywords=samba I
> guess
> > this Is because there is no newer version available for Debian armhf
in
> general.
>
> It's not arm-specific. 4.2.10 is the version is Debian stable:
> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/samba
>
> So this is really a general question for debian-user, and indeed a FAQ
> 'what do I do if I am running stable but want a newer version of
> something'.
>
> > Is there any reason to stick to this version? How can I get a newer
> > one (not compiling it myself)?
>
> Stable proposed-updates contains 4.2.14. I don't know how much newer
> a version you are loking for. What's the problem with 4.2.10?
>
> It seems that no-one has built a backport for you, so you can chose
> between:
>
> * Upgrade to testing, which is due to become stable in a few
> months. That will get you 4.4.7.
>
> * Stay on stable but try installing the version from testing. Then you
> will be running a mix of stable and testing, which usually works,
> but can have issues.
>
> * Try installing the 4.5.1 version from experimental
>
> * Try building the testing or experimental versions in stable. (you
> said you didn't want to build anything, but this is actually the
> safest thing to do if you want to keep running stable. The catch is
> that it may not work without some messing about (depending what has
> changed).
>
> * Ask if someone (normally the maintainer) will do/upload a backport
for
> stable.
>
> Wookey
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