Hello, A while ago I asked what kind of Samba packages I could use on RHEL4. If I use the packages from www.samba.org then I'd void the support agreement with Red Hat. (...) Downloading and investigating the latest Samba source package from RHN (samba-3.0.10-1.4E.9.src.rpm) told me that the Samba package of RHN is based on the native 3.0.10 Samba package of samba.org with some necessary patches (samba-3.0.10-winbindd_2k3sp1.patch, samba-3.0.10-ldap-failover-timeout-backport.patch are the most important ones for me), while even the patches come from samba.org
In samba-3.0.10-ldap-failover-timeout-backport.patch I found this statement: + /* Setup alarm timeout.... Do we need both of these ? JRA. */ This is from Jeremy Allison of samba.org... Is there any technical reason NOT to use the packages of samba.org on RHEL4? Regarding the above info I'd like to use the original samba packages on RHEL4. If I only void support for Samba at Red Hat, so be it. I'm convinced I'm better off with Samba support at samba.org... Regards, Alex. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday 12 July 2006 13:22 To: Alex de Vaal Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Samba] Fedora packages or Enterprise packages of Samba on RHEL4? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alex de Vaal wrote: > > Can somebody of the Samba team explain me the difference of Fedora > packages or Enterprise packages > (http://enterprisesamba.com/) of Samba on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4? ... > First I tried the RHEL4 packages from enterprisesamba.com, but these > packages always ended up with the error message "Segmentation fault" > while I used "net ads join"; If you need support for the SerNet packages, you will have to contact SerNet. > Therefore I compiled the Fedora source package on RHEL4; this went > well. ... > I'd like to continue with the Fedora Samba package on my RHEL4 server, > but I'd like to know why or why NOT to use it! (and why I have to use > the packages of > enterprisesamba.com) The Fedora specfile provided with Samba is compatible with RHEL4. I don't build RHEL4 packages only because IMO if you pay for support for RedHat, installing non-vendor supplied packages would void your support agreement. Althought I could provide RPMS for the lates version of CentOS which should be binary comatible with RHEL4 systems. While I'm at it, is there any pressing need for 64-bit rpms as well? cheers, jerry ===================================================================== Samba ------- http://www.samba.org Centeris ----------- http://www.centeris.com "What man is a man who does not make the world better?" --Balian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtNtRIR7qMdg1EfYRAisqAKDja37hQJsPyRdnflsgIefpmdCdBACg6iBC HrDJ2aTmeSFe5WkZa6UlxH0= =8Vw4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
