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

Tue May 5 22:06:45 UTC 2020

Andrew, please forget about mu dumb question.
Nice tutorial here: https://flaviocopes.com/git-bisect/
I know how to proceed and what is the 'git clean...' for.

Will come back :)
Pawel

wt., 5 maj 2020 o 23:43 pavlos <pavlos.audiofreak at gmail.com> napisał(a):

> '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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