[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#254999: Bug#254999: slapd: postinst conflicts with daemontools (should also conflict with runit)

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:45:32PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> However, it is convenient for various reasons to provide a quicker way
> (particularly to undo) to tell slapd not to start.  For that, having to
> modify the default file isn't very good either, since it's annoying to do
> that automatically through a configuration management system.

> Stanford has for some years used an init script that declines to start
> slapd if a file exists on the local system (we use /etc/noldap and
> /etc/noservices for various reasons).  My inclination with this bug is to
> add another option to /etc/default/slapd that specifies a sentinel file,
> something like:

> # If this variable is set and the file it points to exists, the init
> # script will not start slapd.  Useful for temporarily disabling services
> # for whatever reason.
> #SLAPD_SENTINEL_FILE=/etc/noldap

> (Debian really needs a more automated way of doing things like this, but
> that's a larger discussion that won't resolve soon.)

> If the other OpenLDAP package maintainers agree, I'll implement this.

I don't agree; I'm concerned that all of the ad hoc, per-package solutions
for this, including the existing /etc/default/foo "nostart" flags,
contribute to developer complacency because the current handling is "good
enough" and therefore our integration on this will forever be crappy.

I don't think my opinion should stop you from going ahead with it, but you
asked. :)

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