----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gienger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ian Clancy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Stuart Highlander'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:50 AM Subject: RE: [Samba] updating samba via rpm
> > I can't remember exactly, but i think gnome-vfs2-smb depends on > > samba-common. Other gnome rpm's depend on gnome-vfs2-smb etc .... > > The rpm from the site provides one rpm package : > > samba-3.0.14a-1 > > Really? Last time recompiled the samba spec file, I was given 4 rpm files, > just like the RH/Fedora implementation. The spec file states that it came > from: > > URL: http://www.samba.org/ > > Source: ftp://www.samba.org/pub/samba/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 > > > > If your not bothered about using gnome you can uninstall the Fedora > > Samba rpm's (stop samba first of course): > > rpm --nodeps -e samba samba-common samba-client > > Why oh why people insist on jeopardizing their rpm db integrity when > perfectly sane options exist... yes you're putting in the same files, but > now anything that was depending on samba-common, or any other package that > used to be there, is going to be confused when it goes looking for its > dependencies. Hrm, yum wants to update gnome-vfs (or whatever else) and > samba isn't installed... it may either install old versions or break > entirely and update nothing. > > Compile the spec and then in one line: > > Rpm -Uvh samba-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm samba-client-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm > samba-common-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm samba-swat-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm > > Leave out the swat if you so desire and/or the h option if you don't like > the progress bar. > > > > then install the rpm from samba.org > > rpm -Uvh samba-3.0.14a-1.i386.rpm > > > > One thing to look out for. What was previously located in > > /var/cache/samba is now located in /var/lib/samba. > > regards thanks to all who have responded to my original post. i have read the document regarding the src rpm's and it confirms what paul stated in his reply regarding the use of the rpm command.. in my previous post, i stated that i use rpm -Fvh. paul's reply and other documentation stated to use rpm -Uvh. the only difference i see is that rpm -Fvh updates the package if it is installed and rpm -Uvh updates the package. i will use the rpm -Uvh on my test samba server and see how it goes. has anyone seen any serious issues, gotchas, better-do's, or suggestions, when updating from version 3.0.10-1 to version 3.0.14a-1? thank you for your help, stuart -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
