[Pkg-openldap-devel] r1295 - openldap/trunk/debian

matthijs at alioth.debian.org matthijs at alioth.debian.org
Mon Jul 19 08:52:48 UTC 2010


Author: matthijs
Date: 2010-07-19 08:52:47 +0000 (Mon, 19 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 1295

Modified:
   openldap/trunk/debian/changelog
   openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.NEWS
   openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.README.Debian
Log:
 * Update README.Debian and NEWS


Modified: openldap/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- openldap/trunk/debian/changelog	2010-07-19 08:16:17 UTC (rev 1294)
+++ openldap/trunk/debian/changelog	2010-07-19 08:52:47 UTC (rev 1295)
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
     upgrade functions from slapd.scripts-common.
   * Updated japanese translation, thanks Kenshi Muto (Closes: #589508)
   * Updated czech translation, thanks Miroslav Kure (Closes: #589569)
+  * Update slapd.README.Debian and slapd.NEWS and note the new configuration
+    style.
 
- -- Matthijs Mohlmann <matthijs at cacholong.nl>  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:06:47 +0200
+ -- Matthijs Mohlmann <matthijs at cacholong.nl>  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:51:15 +0200
 
 openldap (2.4.23-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 

Modified: openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.NEWS
===================================================================
--- openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.NEWS	2010-07-19 08:16:17 UTC (rev 1294)
+++ openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.NEWS	2010-07-19 08:52:47 UTC (rev 1295)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+openldap (2.4.23-3exp1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+   The OpenLDAP packages in Debian have a different configuration style now.
+   Please take a look at README.Debian for more information.
+
+ -- Matthijs Mohlmann <matthijs at cacholong.nl>  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:48:19 +0200
+
 openldap2.3 (2.3.23-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
    The Debian slapd package no longer includes support for the LDBM backend.

Modified: openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.README.Debian
===================================================================
--- openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.README.Debian	2010-07-19 08:16:17 UTC (rev 1294)
+++ openldap/trunk/debian/slapd.README.Debian	2010-07-19 08:52:47 UTC (rev 1295)
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@
   reportbug and not to upstream; upstream is not responsible for changes
   made in the Debian package.
 
+The OpenLDAP configuration
+
+  Since version 2.4.23-3 the configuration of OpenLDAP has been changed to
+  /etc/ldap/slapd.d. The OpenLDAP packages in Debian provide an automatic
+  migration to the new configuration style. With the new configuration style
+  it is possible to change values on the fly without restarting slapd.
+  Changes are made through the use of ldif files and ldap{add,modify}. In
+  Debian you can use the following command to search the configuration:
+
+      ldapsearch -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b "cn=config"
+
+  To modify configuration use the command:
+
+      ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f <file.ldif>
+
+  For configuration options see the several manpages that exist or the
+  documentation provided upstream.
+
 Using BDB/HDB Backends
 
   HDB is the recommended database backend.  It's the same as BDB but
@@ -26,17 +44,13 @@
 
 BerkeleyDB Version
 
-  slapd has been built against version 4.2 of BerkeleyDB.  This version is
-  faster and more stable than later versions for the use to which OpenLDAP
-  puts it.  There are remaining performance problems with BerkeleyDB 4.6
-  that have not yet been resolved, but it looks likely that eventually
-  slapd will be able to use 4.6.  All intermediate versions (4.3 through
-  4.5) either had serious stability bugs or serious performance issues.
+  slapd has been built against version 4.8.30 of BerkeleyDB. This version is
+  supported by the upstream developers.
 
   slapd will automatically handle database recovery, so you generally do
-  not need the BerkeleyDB 4.2 utilities.  However, if you want to perform
+  not need the BerkeleyDB utilities.  However, if you want to perform
   other operations directly on the raw database without using the slapd
-  tools, install db4.2-util and use those BerkeleyDB utilities.  Utilities
+  tools, install db4.8-util and use those BerkeleyDB utilities. Utilities
   from other db*-util packages will not work correctly and may render the
   database unusable by slapd.
 




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