Mathew W. Hurd
2006-Jun-22 20:55 UTC
[Samba] Upgrading to latest version on Solaris 2.6...
hey all, i'm currently running version 2.0.7 on my Solaris 2.6 box. i'd like to upgrade to the latest (samba-3.0.22-1-noads-sunos5.9-sparc.pkg.gz) but i am not certain if it is compatible with my version of Solaris. does anyone know the answer to this? if it is not compatible, what is the latest version that is? i'm hoping i can atleast get better that 3.0.6 so i can continue with my ARCServ back-up interface. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. thank you. have fun, matt h.
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Mathew W. Hurd wrote:> i'm currently running version 2.0.7 on my Solaris 2.6 box. > > i'd like to upgrade to the latest (samba-3.0.22-1-noads-sunos5.9-sparc.pkg.gz) > but i am not certain if it is compatible with my version of Solaris.That wouldn't be compatible, because based on the "sunos5.9" in the filename, it would be a package for SunOS 5.9, i.e. Solaris 9. That will mean it's linked against all Solaris 9 versions of the shared libraries and may rely on other binary interfaces as well. Sun does a very good job of ensuring that binary compatibility is retained when you take software built on an older system and bring it forward to a newer system, but the reverse isn't true, so I wouldn't expect that package to work. If I were you, I'd do one of three things: 1) Build from source. Not really that hard, hopefully. 2) Upgrade and get off Solaris 2.6 and onto something which isn't positively ancient. :-) 3) Go digging for a binary package from somewhere else. For instance, http://www.sunfreeware.com/ seems to have a Samba 3.0.10 built for SPARC Solaris 2.6. Maybe you can find a newer one somewhere else. Hope that helps... - Logan