This is essentially a config change breaking the service (re)start. and due to
that upgrades.
While the init could be more resilient it is not really a bug but a
misconfiguration as identified by Ryan already.
Also the error message (these days) is not misleading at all (tried on cosmic):
slap
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On upgrading a service this service has to be restarted to pick up the fixes.
Rather rarely a real issue occurs that the newer version does e.g. fail with
the formerly working configuration.
But most of the time w
** Changed in: openldap (Debian)
Status: Unknown => New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702290
Title:
slapd fails to stop if /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config.ldif is deleted but
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** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #873682
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=873682
** Also affects: openldap (Debian) via
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=873682
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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