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Bug#877512: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#877512: systemd unit for slapd

From	Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
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Subject	Bug#877512: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#877512: systemd unit for slapd
Date	2023-01-30 03:20 +0100
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Hello Ryan,

* Ryan Tandy <ryan@nardis.ca> [19 Feb 2019 08:42:24]:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:27:29AM +0100, Karsten Heymann wrote:
> > any news on this? Having a proper systemd unit for slapd would be quite nice.
> 
> Not for buster, I'm afraid.

Maybe for bookworm, then?

> The discussion on adding the systemd code upstream went quiet; I need to
> reopen it.
> 
> And the current init script has some code in it that I need to figure out
> how to replicate in a systemd unit: for example, how to call slapd with the
> appropriate -f/-F based on config style, and so on.
> 
> Is there a specific issue or limitation you're running into with the init
> script? In my experience systemd's init script handling works pretty well
> and I haven't really noticed a difference.

The init script handling, provided by systemd-sysv-generator(8),
will not stay forever. As pointed out by jmm@, systemd also has a
lot of new features that cannot be used by init scripts: no need for
PID files, and a lot of sandboxing options.

Thanks,
Chris

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Bug#877512: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#877512: systemd unit for slapd Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2023-01-30 03:20 +0100
  Bug#877512: systemd unit for slapd Ryan Tandy <ryan@nardis.ca> - 2023-01-30 18:00 +0100

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