[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#726163: multiarch upgrade issue

[Michael Vogt]

Hi,

just wanted to mention that the current dependency of libsmbclient to
python-talloc cause a regression when upgrading from a samba3 based
libsmbclient to a samba4 based libsmbclient in certain multiarch
environments.

The problem is that libsmbclient:i386 and libsmbclient:amd64 can be
co-installed with samba3 but no longer with samba4 because of the
python-talloc dependency. Right now samba-libs contains a dependency
on libpytalloc-util.so.2 library which is part of python-talloc.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba4/+bug/1308657 for
the details.

The options are:
1. move libpytalloc-util.so.2 to libtalloc2
2. move /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/samba/libsamba_python.so.0 to
   samba-python
3. move libpytalloc-util.so.2 into its own libtalloc2-python (or
   similar) package

I don't know enough about the samba4 packaging to have a strong
opinion, but it seems like (1) is a reasonable solution as it does not
require changing existing dependencies. It would mean a tiny
additional lib (libpytalloc-util.so.2 - 11k on my system) in
libtalloc2 that not everyone needs.

I'm happy to work on a patch to get rid of the python-talloc
dependency and unblock the multiarch upgrade, but I would like to hear
from you what option you prefer.


Cheers,
 Michael