[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#449422: Bug#449422: DNS support not enabled at compile time

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:39:02AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> (I don't remember if you're subscribe to samba's PTS or to the
> pkg-samba-maint ML, Mathias....CC'ing you in doubt)

> Quoting Mathias Gug (mathiaz at ubuntu.com):
> > Package: samba
> > Version: 3.0.26a-1
> > User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Usertags: origin-ubuntu hardy
> > 
> > Samba is not compiled with the dns option.
> > 
> > Because of the way in which Active Directory updates DNS records this is
> > a necessary feature for most Microsoft AD domains.
> > 
> > # net ads dns
> > 
> > Usage:
> > DNS update support not enabled at compile time!
> > 
> > Reported on Ubuntu (patch available there):
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/156686

> That would add a build dependency on uuid-dev (from e2fsprogs source
> package). Te package seems pretty well maintained so I personnallmy
> have no strong objections to enable this.

I have no objection to adding the build dependency; libuuid1 is already used
by everything from e2fsprogs to apache.  I'm a little surprised that Samba
didn't already have appropriate UUID-generating code of its own, given how
widely used GUIDs are in the protocols, but if this is how upstream is doing
it I think it's fine to follow suit.

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