[Samba] Q: Upgrading samba from 4.9 to 4.13

[Marco Shmerykowsky]

On 2021-01-21 4:25 am, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> 
>> Thanks for the advice.  I don't know if it makes sense
>> for the list, but.....
>> 
>> Starting with Debian-Stretch and Samba-Stretch410, I
>> changed all the references from "stretch" to "buster"
>> in sources.list, sources.list.d/main.list &
>> sources.list.d/van-belle.list.
>> 
> All goed.
> 
>> Then I ran:
>> 
>> apt-get update
>> apt-get upgrade
> 
> apt-get dist-upgrade -dy
> I recomment that.
> That makes sure all needed packages for upgradeing are on the server.
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> 
>> 
>> However, when I try to run
>> 
>> apt-get full-upgrade
>> or
>> apt-get dist-upgrade
>> 
>> I noticed that all the samba packages are being removed.
> yes, because, what i said.
> Samba is heavy bounded on few dependecies, and if one old is not 
> removed
> Poof.. but no no worries, if you install samba back its all good 
> again..

That's rather terrifying on a DC :)

By reinstall 'samba', do you mean just the package 'samba' or all
the packages listed on the wiki:

(ie: apt-get install acl attr samba samba-dsdb-modules samba-vfs-modules 
winbind libpam-winbind libnss-winbind libpam-krb5 krb5-config krb5-user)

> 
>> If I go ahead and run the command (including
>> --autoremove and --purge), then upon reboot samba
>> is gone... poof.
>> 
>> Should I be going from Stretch-samba49 -> buster-sabma410
>> instead of Stretch-samba410 -> buster-sabma410?
>> Am I missing some command syntax?
> No that is fine, but you can set it to buster-samba411  and it will be
> upgraded. ( incl libldb )
> 
> still if it is removed, just install it back after the upgrade.
> No need to change anything else, samba is installed again and will use
> the old data and settings.
> 
>> 
>> Where am I going wrong?
> Nothing, but you can avoid that samba will be removed.
> It's because libldb from stretch is not up upgraded. ( or removed at
> dist-upgrade )
> 
> Greetz,
> 
> Louis