When you say "updated to sarge", did you update the entire system, or just the packages needed to get samba working ? I am trying to keep as much of this machine running Woody as possible for QA reasons (server)
On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 17:08, Cernese, Dan wrote: > fyi, I've been running samba 3.0.6-3 (3.0.6-Debian) on Alpha for more > than 3 months without much problem. I'm running a system installed > with woody(stable) and updated to sarge(testing). > > fwiw, > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James D. Freels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:51 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: samba broken for Debian/Woody backport for the alpha > > > > Package: samba and related sub-packages > > Version: >= 3.0.6* > > > > Starting at 3.0.6, samba packages backported to Woody (as all previous > > packages had been before) for the Alpha architecture produced > > this bug. I have tried both the 3.0.6* and 3.0.7 series and they both > have this > > bug. > > > > The bug is that the files on a Windows client that show up in the > > directory cannot be displayed, edited, or accessed in any > > way. They are locked out. This basically makes the package totally > unusable. > > > > The package compiles and builds .deb files without any > > alteration of the source as backported from > > > > deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian stable samba > > > > or alternatively. > > > > deb-src http://de.samba.org/samba/ftp/bin-pkgs/Debian/samba3/ stable > > main > > > > These apt-get sources produce reliable packages for versions <=3.0.5 > > > > This bug does not appear on the i386 architecture for Debian/Sid > > (unstable) or backported to Debian/Woody (stable). I do not have a > > machine to test Debian/Sid for the alpha for this bug, but I highly > > suspect it does exist. > > > > As a work around, I reinstalled the backported 3.0.5 packages for the > > alpha. I could also revert back to the Woody packages that > > also contain some of the security updates contained up through 3.0.7 > > series of samba. > > > > -- > > James D. Freels, Ph.D. > > Oak Ridge National Laboratory > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED]
