[Samba] Louis package upgrade

[L. van Belle]

Sorry the for long absence.. 
I got hit by corona, slowy recovering here.. 

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> Rowland Penny via samba
> Verzonden: dinsdag 22 februari 2022 17:16
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Louis package upgrade
> 
> On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 07:59 -0800, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote:
> > Louis package upgrade.
> >  
> > So, Louis (or anyone else) what's the "proper" way to 
> > handle upgrades using your packages?

Like you would do with any other debian/ubuntu package. 
With one difference, only if you up the samba version or upgrade the distro,

Then you need to manual change that in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/van-belle.list 

> > For example, I'm on a 4.15.x branch. I assume you'd just apt-get
> > update / apt-get upgrade, right?
Exactly. 

> > (Will this occur "automagically" for security updates, as Ubuntu
> > would normally do, or do I need to manually update?)
Yes and no, 

-No, by default debian only upgrades debian packages. 

- yes, you can get the security upgrades also. 
You need to configure /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
(see : https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades ) 

I use for example.
	 // Codename based matching:
        "origin=AptVanBelle,codename=${distro_codename}-samba*"; 
As long you stay withing the same distroline (like buster), 
Samba keeps upgrading as long you manualy up the samba version number. 

> >  
> > What about moving between branches, say from 4.15 to a new fictional
> > 4.16? [I assume you need to add the new repo, and manually install
> > the new version, and remove the old repo? Explicit details would be
> > really good, before I find I really need to know - when I'm 
> > in a dire situation. :) ]
> 
> I cannot speak for Louis, but I just run 'apt update' followed by 'apt
> upgrade'. When a new branch is released, I just do as you suggest,
> comment out the old repo line in 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/van-belle.list 
> and create a new one with the next repo e.g.
> 
> # AptVanBelle repo for samba.
> #deb http://apt.van-belle.nl/debian buster-samba414 main contrib non-
> free
> deb http://apt.van-belle.nl/debian buster-samba415 main contrib non-
> free
> 
> Then run 'apt update' and 'apt upgrade'

Thank you Rowland for replying. :-) 


Greetz, 

Louis