[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#465148: closed by Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> (Re: overwrites /etc/default/slapd /etc/ldap/ldap.conf on upgrade from 2.3 -> 2.4)

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 08:28:57AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:48:54AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 07:14:02PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:

> > > I had thought I had replied already.

> > > I have hand crafted ldap.conf and /etc/default/slapd, but every time i
> > > upgrade the packages these files are overridden 

> > As I said, these are dpkg conffiles, which are never overwritten without
> > explicit permission from the administrator.  If yours are being overwritten
> > noninteractively, then you have a problem with your apt settings or
> > command-line arguments; this isn't something that can be fixed in the
> > openldap package.
> strange because with other packages I get asked if I want to overwrite
> them.

I agree that's strange, but I can still attest that this is not a bug in the
openldap package, sorry. :/

> Is there an option for the conf file to be managed by debconf for
> openldap, like with xorg and exim.

No, not at all.  Such an option would in fact be completely incompatible
with the dpkg conffile mechanism.

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