[Samba] Upgrade from 4.6.7 to 4.17.4 fails with database problem (Failure during re-pack, so transaction must be aborted)

[Ricardo Esteves]

Hi,

Sorry, Fedora 37.

Regarding samba version, i also tried a few moments ago with 4.18.2,  
and got the exact same error.

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:33 AM Rowland Penny via samba  
<samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On 17/05/2023 10:10, Ricardo Esteves via samba wrote:
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>  > Hi,
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>  > I have an AD with samba 4.6.7
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>  The latest Samba version is 4.18.2
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>  > (compiled from sources) on
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>  > Fedora 17
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>  Fedora 17!
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>  The latest version of Fedora is 38, 21 whole versions later.
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>  > , and
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>  > i tried to upgrade to 4.17.4, but the database upgrade fails.
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>  I am not really surprised, I doubt that Fedora 17 has the required
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>  package versions to build Samba 4.17.4 (where incidentally, the latest
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>  version is 4.17.7)
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>  I suggest you upgrade to Fedora 38 which, I believe, comes with Samba
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>  packages that can be joined to your domain as a DC.
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>  I would also suggest that you upgrade on a regular basis in future.
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>  Rowland
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