autoconf build system procedure needed

[Jawath Muckdhar]

Thanks Rowland.

Hi Team,

I need to build samba with autoconf build system
could you please tell me which was the last version that supported autoconf
build .

Thanks & Regards,
Jawath Muckdhar
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Rowland Penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:30:35 +0530
> Jawath Muckdhar via samba-technical <samba-technical at lists.samba.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Team,
> >
> >   I have compiled samba-4.5.5 with waf.
> >   But, there were 93 shared libraries required by 'smbd'
> >   The size of the shared libraries occupy around 35 MB.
> >
> >   Now, I cannot use 'waf' build system as it creates executables and
> > shared libraries with huge size.  I need to use the 'autoconf' build
> > system in order to reduce the size of the executable and the number
> > of shared libraries.
> >
> >   My requirement is that I want a samba server only for "File
> > Sharing" with basic authentication using 'smbpasswd' (encrypted).
> > Other features like print sharing, AD domain controller, NT4 domain
> > controller, local domain master are not needed.
> >
> >  I refer the below link and came to know about 'autoconf' build
> > system to be used in samba-4.5.5 to create small size executable and
> > shared libraries.
> >
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/BuildsystemUseAndWhy
> >
> >
> >   Kindly reply with the procedure to use 'autoconf' build and provide
> > your valuable feedback.
> >
>
> The Autoconf build system was removed when 4.1.0 came out, so, as far as
> I am aware, you can only build Samba using waf now.
>
> Rowland
>
>


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