Re: (ITS#7090) back-mdb produces wrong slapcat output

[hyc@symas.com]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Howard Chu wrote:
>> One crucial step in isolating the problem would be to determine if the error
>> actually occurs during slapadd or slapcat.
>
> I revise my statement that data looks ok via LDAP. Messing up the data seems
> to happen during slapadd if the LDIF is not in tree order (as already
> suspected in a former posting which was not read I guess).
>
> Try to slapadd data1.ldif and data2.ldif in the tar.gz attached. data2.ldif is
> in tree order while in data1.ldif subordinate entries come before their
> superior entries (which is what slapcat sometimes produce).
>
> These entries
>
> dn: ou=Groups,ou=schulung,dc=stroeder,dc=local
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> ou: Groups
>
> dn: cn=slapd-1,ou=Systemkonten,ou=schulung,dc=stroeder,dc=local
> cn: slapd-1
> objectClass: applicationProcess
> objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
> userPassword: pw_slapd1
>
> get mixed into that:
>
> dn: ou=Groups,ou=schulung,dc=stroeder,dc=local
> cn: slapd-1
> hasSubordinates: TRUE
> objectClass: applicationProcess
> objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
> userPassword: pw_slapd1
>
>> Bug-hunting takes systematic, methodical testing. You can't just go changing
>> revisions willy-nilly.
>
> You don't have to teach me anything in the testing field.

Clearly I *do* need to, based on the completely useless content-free emails 
you've posted so far.

> Again: Your arrogant attitude does not help at all. It solely frustrates
> people who are trying to help even if they don't have much spare time left.

The only person copping an attitude here is you. I'm simply asking you for 
information that would help point to the problem; you're choosing to ignore my 
questions until I make a point of re-asking.

Thank you for the test data.
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