Control: tag -1 - moreinfo 2018-05-17 18:18 GMT+02:00 Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org>: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hi Mathieu, > > Thanks for reporting issues you experience. > > On 16-05-18 23:50, Mathieu Parent wrote: >> Since samba 2:4.8.1+dfsg-1, smb.conf is parsed and checked in >> samba-common-bin.postinst (See #816301 and [1]). >> >> This makes samba failing on ci.debian.net with: >> Checking smb.conf >> WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated >> netbios name SAMBA-1526494156 is not a valid netbios name >> ERROR: Invalid smb.conf >> dpkg: error processing package samba-common-bin (--configure): >> >> (https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/unstable/amd64/s/samba/309683/log.gz) >> >> NB: A valid NetBIOS name at most 15 chars of alphanum or " !#$%&'()-.@^_{}~". > > I don't see debci (or autopkgtest) set any netbios name anywhere (tell > me where to look if you think it does, I checked for "netbios" and > "samba" case insensitive).
When "netbios name" is not set in smb.conf, it defaults to the hostname. > Furthermore, I don't think it is up to debci or autopkgtest to actually > set this at all, so if you need a (valid) netbios name in your test, you > should generate one yourself. Here the installation of the package fails (samba-common-bin.postinst), well before the test itself. > > Or is it a mandatory variable to set for any computer? And where should > it be set then? As said above: $(hostname). As it is uncommon to have servers with hostnames above 15 chars, can't debci be changed something smaller (currently it is <src-name>-<epoch> [1])? I've proposed a patch [2]. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/ci-team/debci/blob/master/backends/lxc/test-package#L13 [2] https://salsa.debian.org/ci-team/debci/merge_requests/12 Regards -- Mathieu Parent
