On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:39:22 -0300 Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: slapd > Version: 2.3.24-2 > Severity: important > > Hi! > > The "schemacheck" option has been dropped in the new upstream release. > This means that slapd will always check the schemas from now on. > > If a current installation has the option set to "schemacheck off", where > the schemas aren't completely fulfilled, then slapd suddenly won't start > after upgrade. > > Even though I understand that there might be good reasons to be strict > about checking the schemas, this is breaking the current installations > that make use of this previous option, which I find quite unacceptable. > > I found this in OpenLDAP mailing lists: > http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200509/msg00476.html > > Apparently, it was removed because it was difficult to implement it, or > something like that. They say they'd accept a patch that re-adds it, I > don't know how difficult this might be. > > I'm really disappointed at this feature removal. I don't know if there > is a fix. But at least there should be a warning on postinst, and it > should be documented in README.Debian :-\ > > Love, > Marga Hi, I'm not really a fan of this feature because it will break upgrades from earlier versions to the current version. (Well if the feature exist it would be easier to do upgrades) but I think a well designed directory shouldn't need this feature. You can eventually write your own schema's which are less strict then those shipped with slapd. I don't know if this is worth a note in README.Debian... Regards, Matthijs Mohlmann
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