samba - May 2020 - Fwd: Win7 clients problem after upgrading samba file server to 4.12 on Arch

On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 18:33 +0200, pavlos via samba
wrote:
> 
> Ralph, good news!
> 
> Applying the patch into the original source code of the 'open.c'
file
> removes the observed misbehavior.
> So yes, you've touched and addressed the root-cause of the problem
> on my side. MANY THANKS!
> Double checked that from two WIn7 stations - x86 and x64, also from my Arch
> LInux working computer.
> ---
> 
> Thanks to All the Samba Community for the fantastic product! Great product,
> Great Team!
> I am happy I could get in touch with you.
Awesome!  Thanks Pawel and Ralph!

Andrew Bartlett
-- 
Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT          http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba

Hi,
did you already decide if, and - if yes - how and when the patch will be
embedded into the mainstream? Which branch, for instance?
Pawel.

sob., 9 maj 2020 o 22:12 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
napisa?(a):
> On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 18:33 +0200, pavlos via samba wrote:
> >
> > Ralph, good news!
> >
> > Applying the patch into the original source code of the
'open.c' file
> > removes the observed misbehavior.
> > So yes, you've touched and addressed the root-cause of the problem
> > on my side. MANY THANKS!
> > Double checked that from two WIn7 stations - x86 and x64, also from my
> Arch
> > LInux working computer.
>
> > ---
> >
> > Thanks to All the Samba Community for the fantastic product! Great
> product,
> > Great Team!
> > I am happy I could get in touch with you.
>
> Awesome!  Thanks Pawel and Ralph!
>
> Andrew Bartlett
> --
> Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
> Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
> Samba Developer, Catalyst IT
> http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba
>
>
>

Currently 4.12.3 is scheduled for 19 May:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.12#Samba_4.12.3

As Ralph has a patch and you have confirmed it odds are pretty good
this will be in there.  

Andrew Bartlett

On Sun, 2020-05-10 at 00:01 +0200, pavlos wrote:
> Hi, 
> did you already decide if, and - if yes - how and when the patch will be
embedded into the mainstream? Which branch, for instance?
> Pawel.
> 
> sob., 9 maj 2020 o 22:12 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
napisa?(a):
> > On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 18:33 +0200, pavlos via samba wrote:
> > > 
> > > Ralph, good news!
> > > 
> > > Applying the patch into the original source code of the
'open.c' file
> > > removes the observed misbehavior.
> > > So yes, you've touched and addressed the root-cause of the
problem
> > > on my side. MANY THANKS!
> > > Double checked that from two WIn7 stations - x86 and x64, also
from my Arch
> > > LInux working computer.
> > 
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > Thanks to All the Samba Community for the fantastic product!
Great product,
> > > Great Team!
> > > I am happy I could get in touch with you.
> > 
> > Awesome!  Thanks Pawel and Ralph!
> > 
> > Andrew Bartlett
-- 
Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT          http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba