samba - May 2025 - Concerns about failed tests in build from git source on Debian Gnu/Linux

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:03?AM Rowland Penny via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> Is there some reason why you are still using an EOL version of Debian ?
>
> I personally no longer have any 32bit computers, but Debian still
> supports them, so you should be able to update to 4.21.5 from
> bookworm backports.
>
As far as I have been able to ascertain, "Buster" was the last release
of
Debian for the 32-bit architecture. I had a collection of defunct 32-bit
machines that I decided needed  a new lease on life for at least a couple
years, and I am an enthusiast rather than a professional so a 64-bit
machine is not provided to me by an employer.

I appreciate the suggestion that I look into bookworm backports for v4.21.5.

I would still love to get an assessment regarding the test failures,
perhaps someone still running a 32-bit machine will read this and feel like
sharing their knowledge / experience.

  Best regards,
      Soren A

On Tue, 6 May 2025 12:55:07 -0400
Soren via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:03?AM Rowland Penny via samba <
> samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Is there some reason why you are still using an EOL version of
> > Debian ?
> >
> > I personally no longer have any 32bit computers, but Debian still
> > supports them, so you should be able to update to 4.21.5 from
> > bookworm backports.
> >
> 
> As far as I have been able to ascertain, "Buster" was the last
> release of Debian for the 32-bit architecture. I had a collection of
> defunct 32-bit machines that I decided needed  a new lease on life
> for at least a couple years, and I am an enthusiast rather than a
> professional so a 64-bit machine is not provided to me by an employer.
> 
> I appreciate the suggestion that I look into bookworm backports for
> v4.21.5.
As I said, I do not have any 32 bit computers, so I checked and Debian
still provides 32 bit iso's and 32 bit Samba packages.
> 
> I would still love to get an assessment regarding the test failures,
> perhaps someone still running a 32-bit machine will read this and
> feel like sharing their knowledge / experience.
The thing is, you could hitting tests that are known to fail, so you
could be worrying about nothing.

However, I suggest you try upgrading to bookworm and with it Samba from
backports.

Rowland

On 06.05.2025 19:55, Soren via samba wrote:
> 
> As far as I have been able to ascertain, "Buster" was the last
release of
> Debian for the 32-bit architecture. I had a collection of defunct 32-bit
	Bookrworm also has 32 bit i386 version. Trixie will not have 32 bit 
kernel for i386 (i686), but 32 bit userland can be used with amd64 kernel.

	Unfortunately latest 32 bit Samba AD does not work with Windows 11 
because 32 bit time_t limits. And Trixie will keep 32 bit time_t in i386 
(other 32 bit architectures will switch to 64 bit time_t ABI).

-- 
Virgo P?rna
virgo.parna at mail.ee