[Pkg-openldap-devel] slapd config package

[C.J. Adams-Collier]

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 14:25 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> "C.J. Adams-Collier" <cjcollier at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > #debian-devel has recommended that a config package be created for
> > slapd.  It should provide an interface for manipulating the various
> > slapd configuration options.
> 
> Given that upstream is moving in the direction of deprecating the
> slapd.conf configuration file and switching to cn=config and storing the
> configuration information in an LDAP tree, I think the best way to
> implement something like this would be to write a tool to manipulate the
> server configuration and automate common operations and package that.


I'd like to make sure a backport is available for our friends on etch as
well.  Perhaps the config package could implement the configuration
modification differently while still presenting the same interface to
the user?  Is it even feasible to break a stable package up and generate
another .deb from the source?

I don't have a lot of experience in this area.  Could someone give me
some pointers to documentation?  I figure I'll take a look at how exim4
does it, since it is the only package which comes to mind that provides
such an interface.

Cheers,

C.J.
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