Re: OpenLDAP 2.0.11 and Mac OS X

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 06:37 PM 2001-08-29, Chuck Coker wrote:
>I am trying to get OpenLDAP 2.0.11 up and running on a Mac OS X system. The
>directions in the INSTALL file are helpful, but I've found some things that
>don't work on Mac OS X. (I've been taking notes and I'm gradually getting
>them posted at http://dev.cokernet.com/ldap/openldap-macosx.php. More to
>come...)
>
>Anyway, I cannot get slurpd to work. I've searched for info on the Mac OS
>X/OpenLDAP combination but haven't come up with much of anything.

I believe there are multiple ITSs, discussion on -bugs and
-devel and, likely, this list as well.


>OS X likes ./configure --without-threads
>but --enable-slurpd is not compatible with --without-threads.
>So I tried ./configure --enable-slurpd, but that didn't help.

slurpd need OpenLDAP compatible threads which MacOS X doesn't
provide.

>Has anyone successfully built and installed OpenLDAP 2.0.11 (or any other
>recent version) on Mac OS X? I could use some good tips. If anyone else is
>struggling with it, maybe we could compare notes.

HEAD and OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2, available only via anonymous CVS,
contains changes to OpenLDAP to avoid the particularly problematic
routine.  Feel free to give it a spin.  
  http://www.openldap.org/software/repo.html