On Mar 22, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > On 03/21/2011 1:04 PM, Raymond Vetter wrote: >> Hello fink-team, >> >> there are only a very old samba version available on: >> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/samba >> >> In Mac OS X 10.6 there are 3.0.28a installed, so there is no need to >> downgrade to 2.2. >> >> Can you update samba to the current version 3.5.8? >> >> I wrote to this list because there are no maintainer listed on >> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/samba > > Unfortunately, Fink's samba hasn't had a declared maintainer for 6 > years, which is why it's so old, and apparently most people must be > content enough to use the OS provided one. Fink would of course welcome > an upgraded samba in the distribution. > > There was a similar inquiry about upgrading samba back in September > 2010, with the emailer suggesting he would try to upgrade it, but no > response ever came of that. You can see that thread at this link: > <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.core/2205>
I looked at it once, but it's a very complicated beast to package. I just don't see the need for it as Apple's is perfectly functional and nicely integrated into the system. Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
