[Samba] Problem after update version 4.15.0

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:47 +1300, Andrew Bartlett via samba wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-10-12 at 21:24 +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
> > On Tue, 2021-10-12 at 22:13 +0200, Ingo Asche wrote:
> > > Hi Rowland,
> > > 
> > > I asked Andrew the same, here's what he answered:
> > > 
> > > - Yes, you start from 4.14.0rc1 as this is the branch point where
> > > master
> > > - split into 4.14 (working) and what would eventually be 4.15.
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > Ingo
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, no one has complained about 4.14.x version, the problem only
> > seems to exist on 4.15.0 (and I cannot get the problem to not work
> > for
> > myself), so surely it is something in 4.15.0. I await Andrew
> > commenting
> > on this. If you do have to start from 4.14.0rc1, then you are going
> > to
> > be at it for sometime.
> 
> G'Day Rowland, 
> 
> A bisect does a binary search, so even across large version gaps it
> the
> increased workload in testing is minimal.  That is why we use that
> approach, rather than (say) linearly selecting all commits.
> 
> It is exceedingly unlikely the issue was introduced after 4.15.0rc1,
> so
> we must start before that.  The correct spot to start is 4.14.0rc1 as
> discussed, master development that became 4.15 started from that
> point.
> 
> Somewhere between

... that point and ...

>  4.15/master (they are so alike it doesn't change
> much) this regressed, and we will find it.  I've got an idea for one
> thing it might be but only testing changes speculation into
> verification. 
> 
> Also manual bisect testing is something our users can do that I don't
> have the time to handle right now, so it is incredibly valuable.
> 
> Confirming that 4.14.0rc1 works *in the test being done as the
> validation* is important, as otherwise we could be chasing the wrong
> thing as the decision basis.
> 
> I trust this clarifies,
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
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Samba Team Member (since 2001) https://samba.org
Samba Team Lead, Catalyst IT   https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba

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