[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#465148: overwrites /etc/default/slapd /etc/ldap/ldap.conf on upgrade from 2.3 -> 2.4

[Alex Samad]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 04:01:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:52:44AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> > Just did the upgrade from slapd 2.3.38-1+lenny1 -> 2.4.7-5 and
> > /etc/defaults/slapd and /etc/ldap/ldap.conf where overwritten. I had a
> > backup of these but a warning might have been good
> 
> /etc/defaults/slapd is a conffile.  It's managed by dpkg in the standard
> way.  If you had modified your defaults, you would be prompted on upgrade
> whether to accept the new file; if you had not, then the new file comprises
> the correct new settings as determined by the maintainers.
> 
> /etc/ldap/ldap.conf is likewise a conffile, though in this case it's a
> conffile whose owner changed from libldap2 to libldap-2.4-2.  If I remember
> correctly, this at worst causes spurious conffile prompts on upgrade,
> though, not silent overwriting of conffiles.  What precisely is the problem
> you encountered with this file after the upgrade?

I used sudo-ldap, it configuration is kept in there 


I manually edited the default/slapd, i setup
SLAPD_SERVICES="ldap:/// ldapi:/// ldaps:///"

which was lost on upgrade
> 
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