[Samba] Win7 clients problem after upgrading samba file server to 4.12 on Arch

[pavlos]

'git checkout' in your first sentence- please be more detailed.
And please remember where I start - I am just after 'git clone' and build
of 4.13.x

Pawel

wt., 5 maj 2020 o 23:28 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> napisał(a):

> On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 22:32 +0200, pavlos wrote:
> > Hi Andrew et al,
> >
> > Now is the time to come back to my leisure...
> >
> > Preparing the environment to the 'git bisect' surgery:
> > Got a clone of the last VM with 4.12.2 installed from
> > https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-latest.tar.gz
> > Stopped smb/nmb services and uninstalled 'sudo make uninstall' within
> > the directory 4.12.2.
> > Got the current master with 'git clone
> > https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/' - it's version is 4.13.0pre1.
> > From inside the directory: './confugure', 'make' and 'sudo make
> > install'. No issues.
> > Started smb/nmb services. No issues, as all configuration was adapted
> > to different directories layout and missing packages installed during
> > previous attempt.
> > # smbstatus --version
> > Version 4.13.0pre1-GIT-f80c97cb8da
> > Stubborn problems with multiple Win7 clients do persist,
> > unfortunately.
> >
> > Now we have to move backwards till the last commit when it was
> > working properly.
> > We already know that 4.12.x is hopeless and we have to find last
> > working commit within 4.11.x branch.
> > For instance, the 4.11.3 - the last provided by Arch packagers - was
> > working.
> > But there were many other patches published by samba, the current one
> > is 4.11.9.
> >
> > Would it be possible to perform 'git bisect' between different
> > branches?
>
> Yes, it can do that, in the git checkout.  Because of the different
> branches it will do an extra at the point they diverge.
>
> > Please give me some instructions as I am new in this school :)
>
> git bisect good samba-4.11.2
> (say yes to starting the bisect)
> git bisect bad samba-4.12.2
>
> Then it will move to various points it needs to test, counting down the
> bisect revisions.
>
> Between each one, do a 'git clean -x -f -d && ./configure && make -j &&
> sudo make install'
>
> Finally, first install ccache if you can, it will be much faster.
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>
> > Regards, Pawel.
> >
> > wt., 5 maj 2020 o 11:50 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
> > napisał(a):
> > > On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 11:08 +0200, pavlos wrote:
> > > > My plans are as follows, step by step:
> > > > - clone the VM, clean and build the newest from gitlab, I can see
> > > it
> > > > is 4.13.0pre1
> > > > - clone the VM. clean and build the latest supported 4.11.8
> > > > - create a new fresh VM with another distro, not Arch or Arch-
> > > based,
> > > > build the official 4.12.2 - to check/confirm that it is not
> > > distro-
> > > > related
> > >
> > > Thanks.  Even if it is distro-related, the bisect between the two
> > > versions will be helpful.
> > >
> > > Andrew Bartlett
> > >
> > > > I will start playing in couple of hours, now I am at work...
> > > >
> > > > Pawel.
> > > >
> > > > wt., 5 maj 2020 o 03:33 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
> > > > napisał(a):
> > > > > On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 03:05 +0200, pavlos wrote:
> > > > > > @Andrew
> > > > > > Unfortunately I didn't make notes on exact time of errors
> > > when
> > > > > doing
> > > > > > my tests...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But, I've spend last couple of hours on building samba from
> > > > > master:
> > > > > > Have made a clone of the virtual machine, with new name and
> > > > > network
> > > > > > interface mac address, and a new dynamic IP assigned by my
> > > > > router.
> > > > > > Uninstalled Arch packages: samba, smbclient and cifs-tools
> > > > > (depending
> > > > > > on smbclient)
> > > > > > As 'ala' downloaded
> > > > > > https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-latest.tar.gz and
> > > > > unpacked
> > > > > > it, obtaining 'samba-4.12.2' directory
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.  This gives you Samba 4.12.2.  However our development
> > > > > branch,
> > > > > master is newer.  Could you try that?
> > > > >
> > > > > git clone https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/
> > > > >
> > > > > That can be downloaded from
> > > > >
> > >
> https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/archive/master/samba-master.tar.bz2
> > > > >
> > > > > but if you use git, then you can really help us with the
> > > bisect.
> > > > >
> > > > > But the rest of your steps look good.
> > > > >
> > > > > The next step, assuming master still fails, is to do a bisect.
> > > > > http://webchick.net/node/99
> > > > >
> > > > > You may need to run 'git clean -x -f -d' between steps.
> > > > >
> > > > > This will be slow, particularly as you can't automate it (need
> > > test
> > > > > with the client), but it is a very good way to find what the
> > > issue
> > > > > is.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Andrew Bartlett
> > > > >
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