Bug 15264 - --without-winexe still builds .exe file
Summary: --without-winexe still builds .exe file
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Samba 4.1 and newer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Build (show other bugs)
Version: 4.17.3
Hardware: All All
: P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Samba QA Contact
QA Contact: Samba QA Contact
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Reported: 2022-12-16 06:35 UTC by Andrew Bartlett
Modified: 2022-12-16 07:42 UTC (History)
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Description Andrew Bartlett 2022-12-16 06:35:19 UTC 
Some antivirus programs expect the winexe .exe files to have a particular signature, and so this helps avoid building them when not required.
Comment 1 Samba QA Contact 2022-12-16 07:42:12 UTC 
This bug was referenced in samba master:

9189bd9c9c126b8983781a8de075efc9fe7fdfa5