samba - Sep 2022 - Samba Update to 4.14 on Debian Buster - apt warnings and errors

Hi All,

I just want to do an "in-place" upgrade but don't want to ignore
the 4.14 version. Just step by step - as I did all the other decades before. ;-)
Unfortunately I do not get the packages offered in aptitude from Louis
repository (but they are online obviouly).
Neither on Bullseye (to upgrade to 4.15.x) , nor on Buster (to upgrade to
4.14.x).


Kind regards
Franz

>>> Rowland Penny <rpenny at samba.org> 21.09.2022 11:42
>>>

On 21/09/2022 09:54, Franz Gansberger via samba wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> well, I am currently at the process of upgrading, but are not eager to
> jump directly from 4.13 to 4.15.
If you cannot make the jump from 4.13 to 4.14 using Louis's repo, then 
you might need to make a bigger jump, from Buster to Bullseye and then 
use 4.16.5 from backports.

Rowland

The problem is that the package files on Louis repository for Buster are empty:
https://apt.van-belle.nl/debian/dists/buster-samba415/main/binary-amd64/Packages

Is this intended?

Franz
>>> Franz Gansberger 21.09.2022 14:17 >>>
Hi All,

I just want to do an "in-place" upgrade but don't want to ignore
the 4.14 version. Just step by step - as I did all the other decades before. ;-)
Unfortunately I do not get the packages offered in aptitude from Louis
repository (but they are online obviouly).
Neither on Bullseye (to upgrade to 4.15.x) , nor on Buster (to upgrade to
4.14.x).


Kind regards
Franz

>>> Rowland Penny <rpenny at samba.org> 21.09.2022 11:42
>>>

On 21/09/2022 09:54, Franz Gansberger via samba wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> well, I am currently at the process of upgrading, but are not eager to
> jump directly from 4.13 to 4.15.
If you cannot make the jump from 4.13 to 4.14 using Louis's repo, then 
you might need to make a bigger jump, from Buster to Bullseye and then 
use 4.16.5 from backports.

Rowland

On 21/09/2022 13:17, Franz Gansberger via samba wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I just want to do an "in-place" upgrade but don't want to
ignore the 4.14 version. Just step by step - as I did all the other decades
before. ;-)
> Unfortunately I do not get the packages offered in aptitude from Louis
repository (but they are online obviouly).
> Neither on Bullseye (to upgrade to 4.15.x) , nor on Buster (to upgrade to
4.14.x).
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Franz
> 
> 
I am getting worried about Louis, I haven't heard from him for sometime. 
It appears that there are only 4.14.14 and 4.16.2 packages available 
from his repo and these haven't been updated since near the end of August.

Rowland