Re: [Netatalk-admins] No "afp.conf" file and other issues

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> Am 29.03.2013 22:11, schrieb sir...@la...:
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>>> Am 29.03.2013 21:29, schrieb sir...@la...:
>>>> I'm attempting to set up Netatalk for the first time, and I'm
>>>> following
>>>> the advice in the Documentation
>>>> (http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.0/htmldocs/configuration.html).
>>>> I'm
>>>> running Debian 6.0.7 without a GUI.  I'm probably making a lot of
>>>> basic
>>>> mistakes so please don't get exasperated :)
>>>>
>>>> The first concern I have is that I don't appear to have an "afp.conf"
>>>> file; I have an "afpd.conf" file.  Within this file there're no
>>>> [Global]
>>>> or [Home] sections by default, as indicated by the documentation
>>>
>>> are you REALLY sure you have netatalk 3.0.x?
>>> at least not from the debian-repos!
>>>
>> *sigh* I just installed "apt-show-versions" and the result for netatalk
>> was:
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>> netatalk/squeeze uptodate 2.1.2-2
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>> If that's correct I'm almost three years out of date.  This isn't the
>> only
>> package I've found that's well behind the times…
>>
>> I thought, when I chose Debian 6, I was choosing a well-supported Linux
>> OS, but I guess I was wrong.  Think I'll be moving on, because it's
>> clearly dying
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> Debian is a LTS linux as RHEL or SuSE Enterprise Linux are
> so you missed the difference between leading-edge and LTS
>
> you can expect from LTS not changing major versions and
> configurations due routine security updates and you can
> expect this only because major versions are not changing
> over years and security fixes are BACKPORTED
>
I wasn't aware that LTS applied also to the choice of available packages. 
My mistake.  Guess I need to choose a more progressive OS.

Thanks for the help.

K.