[Samba] Upgrade Samba 4.22 with Trixie Backports 4.23

[Michael Tokarev]

On 11/12/25 13:37, Ingo Asche via samba wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what would be the right way to upgrade an existing Samba 4.22 on Trixie 
> with the now existing Backports to 4.23. (Thanks Michael for your work!)
> 
> When I try "apt install samba/trixie-backports" on a member server I get 
> this:
> 
> Selected version '2:4.23.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1' (Debian Backports:stable- 
> backports [arm64]) for 'samba'
> Selected version '2:4.23.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1' (Debian Backports:stable- 
> backports [arm64]) for 'samba'
> Solving dependencies... Error!
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> Unsatisfied dependencies:
>   samba : Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.23.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1) but 
> 2:4.22.4+dfsg-1~deb13u1 is to be installed

Please, everyone, learn to use debian backports.  This is not
specific to samba, it works equally for any software you
install from bpo.

You tell apt to install just samba package from bpo13.
But samba package needs other dependencies (like samba-common-bin)
from the same bpo13.  But you didn't let apt to install other deps
from non-default repository.


> Shouldn't the dependencies be resolved automatically?

Exactly, once you let apt to do its work.

apt install -t trixie-backports samba

This has been discussed to death multiple times in the past.

Tanks,

/mjt