February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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Appendix D. Downloading Samba with CVS
In Chapter 2 we showed you how to download the latest stable version of Samba published by the Samba developers. For most purposes (including virtually all production servers) this procedure will meet your needs. However, sometimes you might want to run a version of Samba that includes the latest bug fixes and features, maybe for research and testing purposes, or just to see what the Samba developers have been up to lately.
The Samba team keeps the latest updates of the Samba source code in a Concurrent Versions System (CVS) repository. CVS is a freely available configuration management tool and is distributed under the GNU General Public License. You can download the latest copy from http://www.cvshome.org/. The Samba team describes various ways to access its CVS repository at http://www.samba.org/samba/cvs.html.
Warning
Although the CVS code contains the latest features, it also contains
the latest bugs and sometimes won’t even compile
properly! If you prefer a less “bleeding
edge” release, try looking in the
alpha and pre directories
on the Samba FTP server. The alpha directory
contains alpha releases, and the pre directory
contains (usually more stable) prerelease versions. (See Chapter 2 for information on downloading via FTP.) Alpha
releases might be a little behind the latest CVS code, but are less
buggy and usually compile properly on the more common Unix versions.
One of the nicest things about CVS is its ability to handle remote logins. ...
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