Hi folks!

In Samba 3.5.8, "force create mode" and "force directory mode" seem to be broken: Bug 8061

Since this option is vital for our setup, I need to downgrade to 3.5.7, i.e. I need this package:

samba-3.5.7-i486-1_slack13.1.tgz

Where can I get it, once it's been removed from the "patches" section on the mirrors??

Thanks!
Daniel

PS:
My Setup:
Slackware 13.1 - Kernel 2.6.33.4
Samba 3.5.8 (samba-3.5.8-i486-1_slack13.1)

Perhaps you could get the original source code from here:

http://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/old-v...a-3.5.7.tar.gz

And then use the SlackBuild in the patches source directory to re-create it?

ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/s.../source/samba/

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You probably have to compile yourself
grab the source and change the version number in these files, then compile:
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/s...ource/n/samba/


but temporarily you can grab a bit older version from here:
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/s...1/slackware/n/

OK, would be worth a try.


Yes, I found this one, too; but I want to downgrade only as far as neccessary, since there were a number of bugfixes and security issues since 3.5.2...

So, to the best of your knowledge, there is no "Slackware Packages/Patches Archive" somewhere?
And:
Is there a way to cache all Packages installed (currently AND previously) on the System, say for future downgrading or reinstallation?

Thank you!

Hi

Slackware package:
https://m113.tpnet.psi.br/pub/patches-13.1/
Another one:
http://mirror.digidesert.net/mirror/..._slack13.1.txz

tar.gz: http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/samba-ftp/stable/


Google search that lead me to it:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?...ry&btnG=Search

Just noted how google indexing sometimes takes long to update things... a LOT of results show samba-3.5.7 on the listing but it's already samba-3.5.8 on the sites itself, only found some that still has 3.5.7 on the third page or so

Thanks, I'll keep those links handy ;-)

However, I opted for that "compile it yourself into a new package with the SlackBuild"-Option.
And lo and behold, everything's up and running again. :-)


Problem solved -> Tagging Thread as SOLVED.

When you install using a Slackbuild just remember to save the package in /tmp to $HOME/slackbuilds/13-1/386 or somewhere like that, remembering that it is advisable to re-use this package only on the same version and architecture.

I do that already with manually compiled/installed packages. I was looking for an option to cache packages that are automatically installed/upgraded by slackpkg, e.g when I "slackpkg upgrade-all".

I have the installation media, i.e. the dvd, available, so I can always reeinstall the "base" packages, but all upgrades inbetween the Slackware release and the current state of my system are lost.

I would like to store all these upgrades somewhere on the disk to keep them around, and to only delete them once I'm certain I wont need them again. In this Samba example, such an option would have made my day ;-)

Does slackpkg provide any way of hooking into the package installation process? Something like a "post-install.d" directory, containing scripts executed after installation... - Yes, it aint in the man page, but does it really not exist!? ;-)

I don't think that slackpkg provides any special interface but if you want to see the post install scripts after install they are saved in /var/log/scripts

Looking at 'man 5 slackpkg.conf', it seems that you could set DELALL to off in /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf and then the packages that are downloaded will remain in /var/cache/packages after install.

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Yeah, thank you, that was what I was looking for, I think! :-)