Bug#383237: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#383237: slapd: schemacheck option dropped in new upstream release

[Matthijs Mohlmann]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:39:22 -0300
Margarita Manterola <marga at rivero.com.ar> wrote:

> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.3.24-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi!
> 
> The "schemacheck" option has been dropped in the new upstream release.
> This means that slapd will always check the schemas from now on.
> 
> If a current installation has the option set to "schemacheck off", where
> the schemas aren't completely fulfilled, then slapd suddenly won't start
> after upgrade.
> 
> Even though I understand that there might be good reasons to be strict
> about checking the schemas, this is breaking the current installations
> that make use of this previous option, which I find quite unacceptable.
> 
> I found this in OpenLDAP mailing lists:
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200509/msg00476.html
> 
> Apparently, it was removed because it was difficult to implement it, or
> something like that.  They say they'd accept a patch that re-adds it, I
> don't know how difficult this might be.
> 
> I'm really disappointed at this feature removal.  I don't know if there
> is a fix.  But at least there should be a warning on postinst, and it
> should be documented in README.Debian :-\
> 
> Love,
> 	Marga

Hi,

I'm not really a fan of this feature because it will break upgrades from earlier versions to the current version. (Well if the feature exist it would be easier to do upgrades) but I think a well designed directory shouldn't need this feature. You can eventually write your own schema's which are less strict then those shipped with slapd.

I don't know if this is worth a note in README.Debian...

Regards,

Matthijs Mohlmann
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