[OpenIndiana-discuss] Proposed Samba updates

[Christopher Chan]

Hi Gordon,

On Monday, June 10, 2013 10:43 AM, Gordon Ross wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Christopher Chan
> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>> Let me first build a 3.6.15 version then.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, June 09, 2013 09:40 PM, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
>>> Chris,
>>> the idea of my mail was not to start fingerpointing, but to constructively
>>> work out, how things can be changed for the better. So, if you have a
>>> working upgrade to 3.6.x, maybe Ken can help putting it into the repo?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>    Stefan
>
> In case anyone wonders, updating components in "userland"
> (or any of its derivatives like oi-build or whatever) requires
> more than just getting the updated code to build.  Someone
> has to test it (assuming you want the distro to keep working).
>
> I fully admit I have not had much time to contribute to updating
> Samba builds in OI, but I did make sure the updates I proposed
> included only versions I knew had good test results.
>
> If there is a problem with winbind or stuck smbd proceses
> in specific versions, it would help to reference issue tracker
> notes detailing the problem and exact versions affected.
>
https://www.illumos.org/issues/2172 has been updated. The stuck smbd 
processes I have had with all 3.5.x builds whether oi provided or my own 
builds of later releases. 3.5.7/8 have a winbind disaster waiting to 
happen with which I got hit twice. Once in 151a1 and in 151a7.

In any case, I am now running 3.6.13 and I have none of the issues I 
have with 3.5.x.