Hi! Honestly I'm quite afraid of the "space explosion" that seems to be an inherent feature of MDB. 8-( (Maybe that's just because of my bad experience with earlier BtrFS filesystem (that seems to use similar concepts IMHO))
Regards, Ulrich >>> Michael Ströder <[email protected]> schrieb am 25.08.2021 um 13:43 in Nachricht <[email protected]>: > HI! > > This is an important note to those who run OpenLDAP slapd based on > openSUSE or SLE packages, especially Tumbleweed: > > If you're still using OpenLDAP 2.4 or earlier with back-bdb or back-hdb > then migrate to back-mdb now because OpenLDAP 2.5 packages won't support > these backends anymore! > > Disclaimer: > > I'm writing as a package maintainer who only updates package "openldap2" > in openSUSE Factory/Tumbleweed. I have no official role in openSUSE > project nor SUSE. > > Background: > > As you might already know OpenLDAP 2.5 builds by default have no more > support for backends back-hdb and back-bdb based on Berkeley-DB. > Furthermore using Berkeley-DB in general is deprecated. > > I've received a request to update the openSUSE package "openldap2" and > its sub-packages to OpenLDAP release 2.5.7 also removing back-bdb and > back-hdb [1]. I'd love to accept this update request really soon because > I also want to have the new features in libldap. So the update will hit > openSUSE Tumbleweed really soon. > > While this change will *not* affect your deployments based on packages > from SLE or openSUSE Leap 15.3 or earlier you should prepare your > installation for possible future updates by migrating to back-mdb now. > > And always use slapcat to backup your database(s) and practice restoring > your databases to be prepared for any desaster. > > Ciao, Michael. > > [1] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/914040
