[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#605728: Bug#605728: smb/gvfs-copy: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

[Christian PERRIER]

Quoting Andres Cimmarusti (acimmarusti at gmail.com):
> Package: smbclient
> Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-1
> Severity: important
> 
> When I mount a samba share using the "connect to server" icon in the gnome-menus, I am able to browse, delete and even get files from the remote server, but when I try copying it fails consistently with the error: "Invalid argument"
> 
> This is a well known bug in the samba 3.4.x that reappeared in 3.5.x. Fortunately it has been fixed upstream: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7791
> But it will only appear in version 3.5.7 of samba which still hasn't been released. Please backport this fix, as this problem is very annoying, it renders samba unusable to me and many others as reported here:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/393012
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598620
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633937
> 
> Ubuntu 10.10 has already patched their version of samba


Yes, I was following that story through Launchpad bugs. I was indeed
expecting 3.5.7 to come out before the hard freeze. As it is less and
less likely to happen (seeing no signs of preparation in the Samba
Team mailing lists, probably because the Samba release manager is busy
with real life), I will probably consider including that fix.

I'm still hoping to be able to convince Debian RMs to accept 3.5.7 if
it comes out before the full hard freeze of squeeze, but that's not
something we can really deeply rely upon.


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