[Pkg-samba-maint] Recognised Bug in Samba 4.5.4

Mathieu Parent math.parent at gmail.com
Thu Mar 2 10:29:25 UTC 2017


2017-03-01 0:33 GMT+01:00 Peter Cain <peter.cain at centuri.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I am sure this must have already been reported, but I simply cannot find it!
>
> Samba has released 4.5.5 to fix a known bug in 4.5.4. In vfs_fruit
> module, whatever that is. I cannot find any way to avoid using this
> module.
>
> https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.5.5.html
>
> It would probably be appropriate to abandon 4.5.4, and move to testing
> release 4.5.5 as I am sure I am not the only person to be affected
> (samba will not start, just core dumps).
>
> I cannot move back because of dependencies. I am reluctant to have to
> re-compile from source as there are many packages I do not want
> cluttering the machine. Besides, it will have to be done anyway.
>
> armhf, stretch
>

As you might know, Debian stretch is currently in full freeze. Please
file this as a proper bug (using reportbug). I'll try to handle it.

Regards
-- 
Mathieu



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