OpenLDAP 2.5 packaging status

[Ryan Tandy]

Hi, thanks for the tips!

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 10:55:14AM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
>Generally on other migrations I've gone with at least the amount 
>of freespace on the partition, if not the partition size.

I remember that, and I think that will be my starting point. I think the 
main gotcha is I also need to detect 32-bit systems and not set it too 
large on those.

>I'd also note that 2.5 MDB databases are not compatible with 2.4 
>databases, so they still require an export/import on migration.  
>Guessing you've done that, but didn't see that listed.

Yes, already handled.

>Should be able to exclude it as part of a slapcat of the config 
>database? (See the -a option).

That's a good idea, thanks. However, policy requires us to support an 
"upgrade" where you install 2.4, remove (but not purge), and then 
install 2.5; and in that case the slapcat would be done by the 2.4 
package at remove time, which wouldn't be aware of 2.5 migration needs.  
Can't depend on a 2.5 slapcat to be able to export the 2.4 config 
either, so I think in the end it still has to handle an unfiltered 
export.