Re: "Upgrading from 2.3.x" section in Changes Appendix for Admin Guide

["Dieter Kluenter" <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

"Dieter Kluenter" <dieter@dkluenter.de> writes:

> Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> writes:
>
>> Gavin Henry wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> I think it's worth adding an upgrading section, as I'm just playing
>>> with a
>>> copy of a live 2.3.38 system and an upgrade to LDAP_REL_ENG_2_4 is giving:
>>> olcReplicationInterval: value #0: <olcReplicationInterval> keyword is
>>> obsolete (ignored)
>>> str2entry: invalid value for attributeType objectClass #0 (syntax
>>> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.38)
>>> => ldif_enum_tree: failed to read entry for
>>> /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/cn=include{0}.ldif
>>> slaptest: bad configuration file!
>>> Admittedly, no slapcat was done as the bdb env is the same, but
>>> thought
>>> I'd do what a normal user would ;-)
>>> Should we list obsolete values from bconfig.c that will apply and
>>> discuss/present the best way to upgrade?
>>
>> Obsolete values don't matter; like the message said - it was simply ignored.
>>
>> The problem you ran into here is that 2.3.x had cn=include entries
>> (which were also ignored in 2.3) but support for them was axed in
>> 2.4. So, just delete all the cn=include* files from the config
>> directory.

With HEAD i have similar problems
# ./slapcat -l /tmp/020907.ldif
str2entry: invalid value for attributeType olcDbConfig #11 (syntax 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15)
 => ldif_enum_tree: failed to read entry for /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}hdb.ldif
slapcat: bad configuration file!
magenta:/opt/openldap/sbin # 

-Dieter

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