[Samba] Upgrade Samba 4.22 with Trixie Backports 4.23

[Ingo Asche]

You're right, sometimes someone should read the handbook...

I used the wrong command, slipped my mind...

Regards
Ingo
https://github.com/WAdama


Michael Tokarev via samba schrieb am 12.11.2025 um 12:39:
> 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
>