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

[Russ Allbery]

Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> writes:

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

How's this instead?  This way we don't overwrite the actions of the admin
if they pointed it somewhere else either.  I assume that the old slapd
package will remove the socket when it's stopped, so this won't fail due
to the socket already existing.

Index: debian/slapd.init
===================================================================
--- debian/slapd.init	(revision 783)
+++ debian/slapd.init	(working copy)
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
 			--pidfile "$SLAPD_PIDFILE" \
 			--exec /usr/sbin/slapd -- -h "$SLAPD_SERVICES" $SLAPD_OPTIONS 2>&1`"
 	fi
+
+	# Backward compatibility with OpenLDAP 2.1 client libraries.
+	if [ ! -h /var/run/ldapi ] && [ ! -e /var/run/ldapi ] ; then
+		ln -s slapd/ldapi /var/run/ldapi
+	fi
 }
 
 # Start the slurpd daemon and capture the error message if any to

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>