[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#518797: Bug#518797: slapd: 'schemacheck' is no longer supported

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Toni,

On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 06:54:14PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote:
> in Lenny's version of slapd's configuration file, /etc/ldap/slapd.conf,
> there is still a commented statement reading 'schemacheck on'. The
> 'schemacheck' option is not supported in OpenLDAP 2.4, so if someone
> turns it on, eg. because it looks like a good idea to have it, this will
> result in error messages. Since OpenLDAP 2.4 always enforces
> schemacheck, this statement could be re-worded to alert users of the
> fact (the change has caused some uproar on their mailing list), but
> otherwise, I suggest that this part of the config file simply gets
> deleted in order to avoid confusion.

The schemacheck option is not present in the default slapd.conf shipped in
lenny.  If you have it in your slapd.conf, it's only because it was present
before you upgraded, and the upgrade commented it out (rather than removing
it).

So I think the current behavior is a correct compromise to avoid silently
removing settings from the slapd.conf.  Do you disagree?

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