On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:58 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 02/09/2014 11:45 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>> >>> My toolchain for building a complete Samba 4.1.4 on Scientific Linux 6 >>> is available at https://github.com/nkadel/samba4repo. It's set up to >>> set up a local yum repository for the necessary dependencies, and uses >>> the EPEL published tool "mock" to build the toolchain in a clean local >>> environment without accidental and incompatible system integrations. >> >> > > Hi Nico, > > What was your reason for doing it yourself, versus SerNet: > http://www.enterprisesamba.com/samba/
In my opinion, my spec files are cleaner, more explicit about dependencies and options, and more compatible with the curren tupstream RHEL, Sckentific Linux, and Fedora environments. I also publish the necessary components to build up the "mock" toolchain to build the dependencies. And I'm the author of the first published ports of Samba to SunOS 4.1.x, so I've been at it a while as a useful hobby. I also find it irritating as futz to have to register to download the SerfNet packages. I've submitted some patches to SerfNet in the past: they don't necessarily agree with my tweaks or RHEL's tweaks, and I've never heard back from them.
