Re: (ITS#5134) dbconfig vs. DB_CONFIG

[ghenry@suretecsystems.com]

<quote who="ando@sys-net.it">
> ghenry@suretecsystems.com wrote:
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>> I read that as if there is no DB_CONFIG, one gets created from the
>> dbconfig directives. If there is one, dbconfig stuff gets ignored and
>> the
>> DB_CONFIG file is used.
>>
>> But yes, it's not clear what happens in that situation. So, I go back to
>> you ;-) What does the code actually do? If it does indeed ignore
>> dbconfig
>> and honour DB_CONFIG then we say that.
>>
>> As I read your comments, you sound like you don't know what the code
>> does
>
> Exactly.

Oh, well excuse me for presuming!

>
>> (I don't as I haven't looked, but I'd be very surprised if you actually
>> don't know). So this brings me back to my first point; we make it say
>> what
>> the code actually does do in the situation that there is a DB_CONFIG
>> file
>> and dbconfig directives in slapd.conf or slapd.d/
>
> After reading the code, it seems that if reading from slapd.conf and the
> DB_CONFIG is in place, any slapd.conf dbconfig directive is ignored.

OK, sorry. I should have taken the time to read it myself.

So we just amend the man page to say that. Good.

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