[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#1013205: Bug#1013205: samba-common: samba no longer installable on sparc64 due to impossible version conflict

[Michael Tokarev]

19.06.2022 03:03, Rich Ercolani wrote:
> Package: samba-common
> Version: 2:4.13.5+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: rincebrain at gmail.com
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Pretty simple report - since samba-common is only offered at 2:4.16.2+dfsg-1 in sid currently,
> and all the binary samba packages for sparc64 are at 2:4.13.14+dfsg-1+b4, it's impossible to install
> right now without either reaching into the archive snapshots or building yourself.
> 
> It would be nice if this wasn't breaking "apt upgrade".

Samba upstream does not build on sparc.  It would be nice it it did, that'd fix this issue.
Meanwhile, in order not to break samba on all other architectures, I decided to build
current version of samba-common on all other architectures, even if it breaks old version
of samba on sparc.

Thanks,

/mjt