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Hello,

I am unable to update samba from 4.15 to 4.16 on a debian 10 (I tested it on a debian 11 and it works).

root@ad:~# cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
root@ad:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# cat tissamba.list
deb http://samba.tranquil.it/debian/samba-4.16/ buster main
root@ad:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Ign:3 http://samba.tranquil.it/debian/samba-4.16 buster InRelease
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
Err:5 http://samba.tranquil.it/debian/samba-4.16 buster Release
404 Not Found [IP: 195.154.18.18 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://samba.tranquil.it/debian/samba-4.16 buster Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Stephm32,

we hadn't prepared the 4.16 packages for the Buster distribution since it was in End of Life this year. I'll check with Yohannès to see if we can backport them without too much difficulty. Updating a Debian server is fairly easy, but distributions change every 18-24 months, so it's a bit harder to keep up.

For Red Hat, we have a more robust backporting policy, and we still support Red Hat 7/CentOS 7. If you want a truly long-term distribution, I recommend switching to AlmaLinux 8 or RockyLinux 8.

Best regards,

Denis