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

[Matthijs Mohlmann]

Hi,

Can someone please prove read the changes I made to the NEWS and README.Debian files?

Thanks.

Regards,

Matthijs Möhlmann

On Jul 19, 2010, at 10:52 AM, matthijs at alioth.debian.org wrote:

> 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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