RE: syncrepl problems

["Mark Coetser" <mark@thummb.com>]

Thank you for the replies, does anyone know if there are debs available out
there for 2.3 ?


Thank you,

Mark Adrian Coetser
mark@tux-edo.co.za
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:owner-openldap-
> software@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Richton
> Sent: 15 November 2005 06:28 PM
> To: Mark Coetser
> Cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: RE: syncrepl problems
> 
> Please keep replies to the list.
> 
> Yes, it is true that syncrepl should work without having to restart slapd.
> But programs have bugs, bugs that sometimes cause them to function in ways
> other than what "should" happen.
> 
> See
> http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/Attic/CHANGES?rev=1.5.
> 8.62&hideattic=1&sortbydate=0
> and note that OpenLDAP has logged at least four bug fixes regarding
> syncrepl since 2.2.23 (in the 2.2 series; additionally, there was a
> complete redesign in 2.3, which was sorely needed).
> 
> Without your running those changes, there's simply too great a chance of
> needlessly duplicated effort. The answers I linked to originally apply:
> either get vendor support for your hacked and old vendor package, or
> upgrade to something the community can assist you with, preferably
> OpenLDAP 2.3 to take advantage of the syncrepl redesign. As you run things
> today, it is unsurprising to me that you are getting hacked and old
> behavior with a hacked and old package.
> 
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Mark Coetser wrote:
> 
> > On doing a /etc/init.d/slapd stop then start the deleted entry on the
> > provider is no longer on the consumer, shouldn't this happen without
> having
> > to stop and start slapd ?