[Samba] Ask not for whom the bell tolls HPUX. It tolls for thee..
Christopher Cox
chriscox at endlessnow.com
Fri Mar 19 21:19:03 UTC 2021
On 3/19/21 4:07 PM, Dachshund Digital via samba wrote:
> Just declare it done, and see if any one screams? I know the financial firm I
> worked for 25 years, retired HPUX only as Intel/AMD virtualization started to
> dominate the virtual scape, so they had HPUX still running as late as 2013.
> Also, if there are unaddressed, significant, CVEs, that pretty much kills an OS
> now days.
Sadly, based on my own experience in shops where HPUX was/is used, scream
testing might be the only way. They are probably not following the email list.
With that said, none of the places I worked used Samba on HPUX (why would you?
you know?)
>
> -DD
>
> On 03/19/2021 10:54, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote:
>> OK, I've gotten approval and removed the code
>> for Tru64 UNIX in Samba (last supported release
>> 2012).
>>
>> Now I'd like to ask about a harder topic.
>>
>> HPUX :-).
>>
>> Wikipedia says:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX#Versions
>>
>> "the latest revision being B.11.31.1805,[16] released in May 2018."
>>
>> so it's still in support. Just. But it looks moribund
>> to me :-).
>>
>> Is anyone still using it with Samba ? Does anyone
>> still care ?
>>
>> Speak now or...
>>
>> Jeremy.
>>
>
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