> Full_Name: Andrew Bartlett > Version: CVS HEAD > OS: Fedora 10 > URL: > Submission from: (NULL) (59.167.251.137) > > > When running slaptest to convert between slapd.conf and slapd.d format > configuration, before the databases exist, the slaptest returns with an > non-zero > error code and prints warnings. > > If I add -u to the command line, then it does not perform the conversion. > > In Samba4's provision system, I wish to run using cn=config from the very > start, > and so wish to do the conversion before the databases are created. > > I had expected -u to quiet the warnings, but it was unexpected that it > would > also not perform the conversion. (I understand it is also considered a > 'dry > run' parameter). > > Can I have a new parameter added to allow a behaviour of 'do the > conversion, > don't check the database vaildity'?
I think having a "dry dun" that does no harm, and a "safe" (although perhaps overconservative) behavior are very important, so I wouldn't favor a modification of their behavior (let alone the implied behavioral change issues). However I don't see any issue in having a specific, well documented behavior implemented within a specific option. Perhaps, given it is a specific and not recommended behavior in normal (read: overconservative) use, it could go under the "-o" switch, which is a catchall for specific options. p.
