[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#571635: Fragile API

Al Nikolov a.nikolov at drweb.com
Sat Feb 27 19:53:36 UTC 2010


After digging for a while i found 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/302004

I see that in a case of Samba security update wich breaks API the module's 
wanna-build may fail, a strict versionned dependency of the installed module 
can block the upgrade, while too loose dependency can tumble down the whole 
upgraded Samba instance since ABI changed.

Do you think, guys, we should really expect these problems?

Also, i don't see how it could be resolved if i just import the headers set 
into my module as you've suggested. I'd still be able to freeze any Samba 
security upgrade or tumble user's server even without samba-headers in 
Debian, right?

If you consider the vulnerability window between publishing a Samba security 
upgrade and following (uncontrolled by you) module upgrade, then merging the 
module in the Samba tree probably would be the only way to develop such 
module package.





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