[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#442191: Bug#442191: slapd: dbconfig settings only apply if DB_CONFIG doesn't exist

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Russ,

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:04:30PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:

> When generating the slapd.conf file, we should note that dbconfig settings
> in slapd.conf will only apply if no DB_CONFIG file exists and slapd
> generates a DB_CONFIG on initial startup.  So changing those parameters
> will have no effect unless DB_CONFIG is removed and slapd restarted and
> the user may want to just change DB_CONFIG directly.

Are there any DB_CONFIG settings that aren't supported directly in
slapd.conf?  If not, would it perhaps be better to automatically remove any
DB_CONFIG file we find on install, after first copying over the settings
into slapd.conf?

Cheers,
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