Bug#380621: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#380621: slapd upgrade produces no backup file

[maximilian attems]

severity 380621 wishlist
retitle 380621 backup on every upgrade
stop

hello,

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Torsten Landschoff wrote:

> Hi Maximilian, 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 02:05:17PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > 
> > the recent upgrade from 2.3.24-1 produced _no_ backup file 
> > 
> > ls /var/backups/slapd-2.3.24-1/
> > slapd.conf
> > 
> > ls /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5/
> > dc=itp,dc=tuwien,dc=ac,dc=at.ldif  slapd.conf
> 
> It should not produce one. The reason for the backup file is that file
> formats are incompatible between major revisions of OpenLDAP. However, 
> your database should still be around in /var/lib/ldap, if it is not this 
> is a critical bug. 

had to do handsup cleaning so no idea if it was or not,
anyway having such backups for each upgrade is not a big overhead.
and keeps your head calm in troublesome situations,
so changing that to wishlist.

best regards

-- 
maks