[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#1099755:

[Michael Tokarev]

08.03.2025 20:15, Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> What's the scenario where an AD DC server will not have the
> samba-ad-dc package installed? That package exists since stable.

No.  In stable, samba-ad-dc was completely optional, - it was just
a meta-package depending on all components which are essential for
an AD-DC to function (incl. samba-dsdb-modules, winbind, ...).  It
was a preparation for the actual split which I didn't want to do
that late in the release process (bookworm freeze).  It was entirely
okay to have the same components installed manually without
installing samba-ad-dc, and have a working DC, the way it has always
been before.

Actual move happened in 4.20.1+dfsg-2:

  samba (2:4.20.1+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * move many files from samba package to samba-ad-dc package.
     From now on, samba-ad-dc isn't just a meta-package, it is actually
     needed for AD-DC functionality.  If you run AD-DC, please ensure
     that samba-ad-dc package is installed (it is not recommended by samba)
     Closes: #1051770

at which point samba-ad-dc has become mandatory for a DC to function.

See d/samba.NEWS file for the details, - it has an entry for this very
version.  A similar info will be included in trixie release notes.

We'll have to live with this for one release, - I'll plan to demote
this Recommends to Suggests after the trixie release.

Thanks,

/mjt