Re: commit: ldap/tests/scripts test033-glue-syncrepl

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Howard Chu wrote:
> hyc@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
> > Update of /repo/OpenLDAP/pkg/ldap/tests/scripts
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >     test033-glue-syncrepl  1.6 -> 1.7
> >
> > Log Message:
> > This test uses syncrepl persist, but ldbm doesn't support that. 
> > Exclude it.
> This was a bit surprising because test033 passes in RE23. The expected 
> failure mode for ldbm with syncreplPersist is a hang, when it tries to 
> re-enter ldbm in the midst of a write operation, since the giant lock 
> is still locked. In current HEAD I'm seeing an infinite loop, which I 
> think is related to the new listener code. I guess I should file an 
> ITS for that instead, and re-enable this test for ldbm later.
Also consider this a vote to axe back-ldbm in OpenLDAP 2.4. I think the 
only remaining feature that back-bdb/hdb don't support is multiple 
suffixes, and it's pretty easy to add that back in.

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