Bug#403524: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#403524: slapd: Upgrade from sarge to etch fails on a replica-server

[Matthijs Mohlmann]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Mario Iseli wrote:
> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.3.29-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: causes non-serious data loss
> 
> Hello,
> 
> last night i updated my 2nd LDAP server (just the one with the
> replication) to etch. The upgrade did not work totally, as you see in
> the message below. I also tried to purge slapd, install it newly and
> copy the databases in /var/lib/ldap from the master (on sarge) and start
> the server locally, this does also not work, maybe wrong settings in
> slapd.conf even when it's with BDB. I know that it was hard work to
> upgrade the openldap package for etch, and I'm sorry to have to file
> this bug but I think an upgrade documentation would be very helpful,
> maybe even in the release notes of etch.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Setting up slapd (2.3.29-1) ...
>   Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.23-8...
>   done.
>   Updating config access directives... done.
>   Moving old database directories to /var/backups:
> 
>   Backup path /var/backups/dc=dmz,dc=marioiseli,dc=com-2.2.23-8.ldapdb exists. Giving up...
>   dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure):
>   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>   
>   Errors were encountered while processing: slapd
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 

There is an error earlier in the process. Can you move
/var/backups/dc=dmz,... move out of the way and try aptitude upgrade again ?

Regards,

Matthijs Mohlmann

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFFhukc2n1ROIkXqbARAo5aAJsG7h7x+KibJWdsVNYZgC+k+4o8WwCgr7le
xNZIOhq/kfV8vSQ6SOiKOY8=
=Gohl
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----