The role of install_with_python.sh

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 10:15 -0400, yaberger at ca.ibm.com wrote:
> nevermind, install_with_python.sh is part of samba-4.0.6.tar.gz 
> 
> However, I'm not sure I like it. 
> It tries to use rsync (not available on our system but can be
> installed) to download this file:
> ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/tridge/python/Python-2.6.5.tar 
> It doesn't look like something recent (2.6.5 was released in 2010,
> 2.6.8 and 2.7.5 are available) 
> 
> I believe I would prefer to build and maintain it myself. 

Most administrators who see the script actually do that, using the
script as documentation of a known working process.  Many of the sites
that need this (don't have python on their native unix) wisely do not
allow direct network access between their ancient Unix and the world.  

However, these machines are most often tended by experienced Unix
administrators, for whom following the simple steps in this script, or
providing the unzipped tarball in the right location manually is
trivial. 

Having an automated script allows us to test that this process works,
and that is incredibly valuable, as well as versatile to administrators
who are just stuck, and don't mind the incoming rsync.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org