[Pkg-samba-maint] Are we ready for experimental?

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 17:14 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> I've addressed the TODO issues as well as I can, in the recent push.
> 
> Upgrades from Sid (just installing with dpkg) are not perfect:
> 
> dpkg: regarding .../libsmbd0_4.0.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb containing
> libsmbd0:amd64:
>  libsmbd0 breaks samba (<< 2:4.0.6+dfsg-1)
>   samba (version 2:3.6.15-1) is present and installed.

> dpkg: error processing ../libsmbd0_4.0.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--install):
>  installing libsmbd0:amd64 would break samba, and
>  deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)

Can someone clarify to me if apt-get can fix this one when the packages
are installed via a repo?

> Unpacking replacement samba ...
> dpkg: error processing ../samba_4.0.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/smbpasswd.8.gz', which is also
> in package samba-common-bin 2:3.6.15-1
> 
> Unpacking samba-ad-dc (from .../samba-ad-dc_4.0.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing ../samba-ad-dc_4.0.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
> (--install):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man7/samba.7.gz', which is also in
> package samba-common-bin 2:3.6.15-1

I've just uploaded fixes for these issues, I had manpages in the wrong
packages, a mistake made when I merged it the massive 'merge with samba4
package' commit.

> However apt-get install -f fixed it, and I presume we just need a few
> more replaces or similar lines. 
> 
> It would be great to get advise on fixing those, but even so I'm
> wondering what is stopping us putting this in experimental.  I've tested
> the packages and the basics do work.  

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
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