[Pkg-samba-maint] samba and ldb updates for bullseye-security

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi Michael,

Sorry for the delay.

On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 06:14:36PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 09.08.2022 14:13, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> ..
> > 
> > Thanks for investigating it! As you say, let's then go with the way it
> > goes better.
> 
> After thinking, it looks like fixing it in samba to use actual debian version
> instead of package internal version is the proper way.  Attached is a debdiff
> against the proposed/failed deb11u5 version.  The change is quite small, and
> even contain a cleanup.
> 
> > > BTW, after fixing this mess, should I increase the debian revision number
> > > (~deb11u5 => ~deb11u6) or can I keep the same u5?
> > 
> > I can reject the samba upload currently on security-master so you can
> > keep and reupload then with the ~deb11u5 version. Depending if we need
> > to do as well ldb as well will reject that one as well (not done yet).
> > Then we can go through the same upload order again as previously done.
> 
> There's no need to reject it, - I just increased the debian revision
> number. It is easier to review the changes this way, I think.
> 
> Tested installation of samba-dsdb-modules (the only package which is
> affected by this ldb version thing), - it works now.
> 
> I'm ready to upload this new revision of samba package, after your
> review/approval.
> 
> Thank you for your time, and please excuse me my sloppiness - this whole
> samba security update has been quite messy.

Thanks to you!

The change looks good to me. Note I did already reject the upload. If
you do not want to reuse the version by now, just upload ~deb11u6 as
per your change (making sure we get as well ~deb11u5 in the uploaded
changes file).

Salvatore