Bug#412781: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#412781: slapd: OpenLDAP 2.1 libraries look in /var/run/ldapi

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:35:15PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> The 2.1 OpenLDAP client libraries expect the ldapi socket to live in
> /var/run/ldapi instead of /var/run/slapd/ldapi.  See:

>     <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385809>
>     <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/02/msg00756.html>

> It seems to me that the easiest fix for etch to maintain compatibility
> between the client libraries and the server is to create a symlink in
> /var/run/ldapi pointing to /var/run/slapd/ldapi.

> Attached is a patch that should do that.  If this looks okay, let me know
> and I can commit it.

Looks good to me; though perhaps it belongs in the init script, since
/var/run on tmpfs is becoming popular?

Thanks,
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