[Samba] Moving from compiled to packages

[Reindl Harald]

Am 29.06.2015 um 17:08 schrieb Jason Waters:
> So I can just copy the data into the new directory the package creates?

surely, that's typically the way to migrate services to different 
machines, take the stuff below /etc and /var/lib - in any case you need 
to test a migration careful

> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net
> <mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Am 29.06.2015 um 16:28 schrieb Jason Waters:
>
>         I understand about using the newer binaries, but what I really
>         want to
>         "save" is the active directory.  Sorry I should have been
>         clear.  I do
>         not want to have to rejoin/recreate everything.  Thanks.
>
>
>     userdata are *not* part of "make install", independent if the
>     application comes froma package or is self contained, they are
>     typically below /var/lib for any software
>
>         On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Reindl Harald
>         <h.reindl at thelounge.net <mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>         <mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net <mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net>>>
>         wrote:
>
>
>              Am 29.06.2015 um 15:06 schrieb Jason Waters:
>
>                  I have been using Ubuntu 12.04 for awhile and built
>         samba from
>                  source.  I
>                  have two servers, both on 12.04.  Samba bulid 4.1.11.
>         I would
>                  like to
>                  upgrade the servers to 14.04 and start using the actual
>         pacakges
>                  from
>                  ubuntu.  How do I get from compiled binarys to using
>         the ubuntu
>                  pacakge?
>                  Thanks for any help
>
>
>              by delete all files spewed with "make install" into the
>         system and
>              install the packages, you should have used a build-prefix
>         to isolate
>              it from the rest of the OS or just built your own package
>
>              maybe "make uninstall" works, in doubt compile and do "make
>         install"
>              again to have all the files needed for "make uninstall"

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