[Mageia-dev] new samba-squid subpackage proporsal

Fri Aug 5 19:05:43 CEST 2011

Le Vendredi 05 Août 2011 18:17:15 Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+> Op woensdag 03 augustus 2011 14:01:16 schreef Buchan Milne:
+> > On Tuesday, 2 August 2011 22:23:24 Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> > > Op dinsdag 02 augustus 2011 17:04:41 schreef Buchan Milne:
+> > > > Samba-common is the right package for this. I see no need to
+> > > > have a
+> > > > squid- specific subpackage (and then samba-apache,
+> > > > samba-freeradius,
+> > > > with the same content, or all virtual packages just pulling
+> > > > samba-common).
+> > > > 
+> > > > Feel free to mess up your squid package by adding suggests on
+> > > > samba-common, but since installing the right package is
+> > > > trivially
+> > > > solved by the admin and is a small portion of the work required,
+> > > > I
+> > > > would personally prefer not to increase the default footprint of
+> > > > any
+> > > > installation that pulls in squid.
+> > > 
+> > > this is really imho an example where conditional suggests could work
+> > > well: if you have squid already installed and you're installing
+> > > samba,
+> > > this subpackage could then be suggested. (and vice versa).
+> > 
+> > But, it is irrelevant. samba-common is required by both samba-client and
+> > samba-server, so you can't install samba without getting ntlm_auth.
+> 
+> there is definately a misunderstanding here, conditional suggests are not
+> usefull for requires, only for suggests
+> 
+> > This is really about whether squid should pull in any pieces of samba by
+> > default, and could be solved by adding:
+> > Suggests: samba-common
+> > 
+> > to squid. But, I don't see much value, as this is a small part of the
+> > work required to get a single-sign on authentication solution for squid
+> > against AD. The default squid.conf already has example configs showing
+> > that ntlm_auth is required, and all we are saving the user is a 'urpmf
+> > ntlm_auth' and a 'urpmi samba-common'. However, there are many
+> > scenarios squid can be deployed (e.g. SSO with GSSAPI, basic auth with
+> > LDAP, PAM, NIS etc., no authentication, peer cache only etc.), and I
+> > don't see a reason to pull in samba-common by default, when it saves
+> > the admin very little effort.
+> > 
+> > Regards,
+> > Buchan
+> 
+> well if it was in a separate package (and not in samba-common), it would be
+> interesting to have conditional suggests. because then samba would pull it
+> in; and squid too, without needing samba if you don't have it.
+> 
+> but, maybe i'm misunderstanding this thread
+
+That's what i was asking
+to create a new subpckage  samba-helper-squid to stor ntlm_auth since 
+ntlm_auth is not linked with other lib it can stand by itself in a independend 
+subpackage to make a suggest from squid.  But it seems Buchan refuses.
+
+LD
+