On 14 Jul 2002 17:09:20 +0200 "Fabian Linzberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys! > > I have already asked about the availability of a halfway recent samba > package about a month ago. Unfortunately no one has answered my > request... does this mean there is nothing out there? is anyone working > on something like that? > > I am well aware that windows filesharing is not one of the standard > things one is doing with a firewall/router, but a friend of mine has > only a small home network and the other pcs are laptops with limited > space, that his 40 gb ide-harddisk doesn't fit into. If someone can > think of another solution to let him play his mp3s, please tell me ;) > > I am starting to get ready to dig into the developers documentation and > work on my own samba package. are there any hints you have for my in > that case? should i compile from scratch, or just try to find a suitable > binary from debian pre potato (that i can't remember the name of right > now - never saw toy story, sorry), that doesn't need glibc? Space > constraints aren't that much an issue as it obviously needs a hard > drive, that I already have configured as the booting device. > > Anyway, I am ready to do this, but would like to be sure that I don't > have to repeat work that others have already completed. By the way, if > you are interested in running samba on leaf too, tell me now and I might > put in some effort to make something others can use as well. I could see this being a good thing. Probably the easiest way to get going on packaging (at least for Bering) is to follow the instructions at http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/uml.html to make a virtual pre-potato ("slink") machine that will allow you to compile modern software (preferably without security bugs) with a distinctly non-modern glibc. Generally, only the core components are included in LEAF packages, i.e. not the docs and not even some less needed utilities (like swat, for instance). Sometimes you have to change things in modern software to get it to compile under slink. The compiler and "find" are your friends. If you contribute the package back, make sure and write documentation for it. With Samba that could be a little open-ended (how far do you want to get into it?), but even a basic doc is helpful. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chad Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
