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Description of problem: The samba4 package has nearly all the components disabled. It only includes components that are needed for OpenChange (which is very few). I am trying to port Resara Server to Fedora. It requires pretty much all the features of Samba4. Even when I flip the 0's to 1's to enable the components and compile package, it is still a bit broken. I haven't quite gotten it to work yet but https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620929 seems to help. When a user asks for a Samba4 package they expect to get Samba4. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Currently samba4-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 -- but it looks as if nothing has changed in years! How reproducible: Always, the package must be updated! Expected results: Install the full Samba4 suite. Currently Debian/Ubuntu do this.
That's intentional. Samba4 is there only to serve OpenChange and SSSD, and we're not supporting anything beyond that at the moment. If the disabled parts don't build I'm happy to review a spec file patch for that.
Thanks Matt. I will play around with the spec a little myself over the next day - but its good to know you can help. If I was to package Resara Server for Fedora could the necessary components be enabled, as there would be a need for them right?
I'd have to run it by the Samba team, which I'm not part of, but sounds reasonable if there's a legitimate need.
I can compile the packages, however I can't seem to resolve some dependencies. I can't see a simple fix for the attached dependency issues. The libraries seem to be compiled but don't seem to be in any package. I can't seem to figure out how to get them packaged (probably simple, but I've tried and failed). error: Failed dependencies: libCHARSET3.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libPOPT_SAMBA3.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libPOPT_SAMBA3.so(SAMBA_4.0.0ALPHA16)(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libUTIL_CMDLINE.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libadt_tree.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libbitmap.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libdbwrap_util.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libmemcache.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libnamearray.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libpassdb.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libsmbconf.so.0()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libsmbconf.so.0(SMBCONF_0)(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libsmbd_conn.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libsmbd_shim.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libsmbregistry.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libstring_init.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libutil_malloc.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libutil_sec.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64 libutil_str.so()(64bit) is needed by samba4-common-4.0.0-37.alpha16.fc16.x86_64
The FreeIPA team is working to enable a lot more components in the samba4 package. We have full new spec files which work with current samba4 master branches and plan to release new samba4 packages in rawhide relatively soon. I'm CCing Andreas and Günther who are driving this effort and will manage the dropping in rawhide.
If the next update to samba4 is far from complete, could we at least get the description right? "The Samba4 CIFS and AD client and server suite" is hardly accurate. At the bare minimum it would nice to see a README.fedora file (or similar) included in RPM explaining why the rest of samba4 isn't there so users aren't left bewildered.
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