Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source
files compatible with RedHat EL 3? In other words, are the locations for the
various support directories (/var/lib/samba, /var/cache/samba, etc.) the
same between the RedHat EL 3 version of samba (currently stuck at 3.0.9, I
think) and the official samba.org <http://samba.orgversions?
I would like to upgrade my installation samba beyond the RedHat sanctioned
version in order to take advantage of the new features and significant bug
fixes that have come along recently. Does anyone have experience with this
type of situation?
Thanks,
Marshall

Marshall Herington wrote:

Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the
samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source files compatible with RedHat EL 3?

No. But see for RHEL3 RPMS.
you could probably use the Fedora packaging in samba-3.0.14.
But I haven't tested that on RHEL3.

cheers, jerry

man, 25.04.2005 kl. 21.12 skrev Marshall Herington:

Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source
files compatible with RedHat EL 3? In other words, are the locations for the
various support directories (/var/lib/samba, /var/cache/samba, etc.) the
same between the RedHat EL 3 version of samba (currently stuck at 3.0.9, I
think) and the official samba.org <http://samba.orgversions?

I would like to upgrade my installation samba beyond the RedHat sanctioned
version in order to take advantage of the new features and significant bug
fixes that have come along recently. Does anyone have experience with this
type of situation?

Why not find (on the samba site) the official Samba srpm? Up to now
that's what I've done.

Me: RHAS3 on test and production sites. Up to now there've been the
fewest of working srpms for stuff that I *have* to install extra (NB!
CMBINATINS F) software I have to install on RHAS3, such as Sleepycat
BDB 4.5.52, Cyrus SASL 2.1.2+, LDAP 2.2.24, Postfix 2.2.2 that all
work together.

However, being a Red Hat man, I'd always rather install an rpm than
source code, because of the RH implications.

Up to now (3.0.11 for me, I don't trust 3.0.14a at all) the official
Samba RH srpms have never disappointed. Maybe you'll have to "do magic"
with them, like installing the spec file and editing it, then extracting
the .bz2 file to the right directory etc., but it occurs to me that
Jerry knows at least as much as Red Hat about Red Hat rpms and even
then, probably much more.

End of the story: you and all others like you should have a test setup
on which you test this kind of thing. *Never test on a live system*,
then you 99% probably would never have to ask questions like this.

Monday April 25 2005 4:48 pm, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
Marshall Herington wrote:
Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the
samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source files compatible with RedHat EL 3?

No. But see for RHEL3 RPMS.
you could probably use the Fedora packaging in samba-3.0.14.
But I haven't tested that on RHEL3.
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cheers, jerry

I've used rpmbuild with the "stock" samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source file to
create, then install, on a CS 3.4 box (an RHEL AS 3 clone). Works like a
champ.

HTH.

Dimitri

Dimitri Yioulos wrote:

I've used rpmbuild with the "stock" samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz
source file to create, then install, on a CS 3.4 box
(an RHEL AS 3 clone). Works like a champ.

The different in our RedHat packaging directory and the RHEL3
rpms is only a single RPM vs. multiple RPMS. The Fedora directory
was based initially on a spec file from FC1 so it should match what
RedHat is doing these day (except that i never patch the tarball).

Both will run but the Fedora package layout will probably
upgrade better from RH's own RPMs.

cheers, jerry

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4/25/05, Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry (AT) samba (DOT) orgwrote:

Marshall Herington wrote:

Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the
samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source files compatible with RedHat EL 3?

No. But see for RHEL3 RPMS.
you could probably use the Fedora packaging in samba-3.0.14.
But I haven't tested that on RHEL3.

cheers, jerry

It looks like the Fedora packaging (especially packaging/Fedora/makerpms.sh)
handles things fairly well. Thanks to all for the helpful ideas.

Regards,
Marshall

Marshall Herington wrote:
Is the RedHat RPM spec file included with the samba-3.0.14a.tar.gz source
files compatible with RedHat EL 3? In other words, are the locations for the
various support directories (/var/lib/samba, /var/cache/samba, etc.) the
same between the RedHat EL 3 version of samba (currently stuck at 3.0.9, I
think) and the official samba.org <http://samba.orgversions?

I would like to upgrade my installation samba beyond the RedHat sanctioned
version in order to take advantage of the new features and significant bug
fixes that have come along recently. Does anyone have experience with this
type of situation?

Thanks,
Marshall

Hi,

look here,

this is a nonofficial and unsupported 3.0.13 srpm for el3,
I took the last 2 patches out (should be in 3.0.14)
It compiled cleanly with 3.0.14a.

Have this running since then without problem.

Rainer