Full_Name: Andrew Bartlett Version: CVS HEAD OS: Fedora 10 URL: Submission from: (NULL) (59.167.251.137)

When running slaptest to convert between slapd.conf and slapd.d format configuration, before the databases exist, the slaptest returns with an non-zero error code and prints warnings.

If I add -u to the command line, then it does not perform the conversion.

In Samba4's provision system, I wish to run using cn=config from the very start, and so wish to do the conversion before the databases are created.

I had expected -u to quiet the warnings, but it was unexpected that it would also not perform the conversion. (I understand it is also considered a 'dry run' parameter).

Can I have a new parameter added to allow a behaviour of 'do the conversion, don't check the database vaildity'?

I think having a "dry dun" that does no harm, and a "safe" (although perhaps overconservative) behavior are very important, so I wouldn't favor a modification of their behavior (let alone the implied behavioral change issues).

However I don't see any issue in having a specific, well documented behavior implemented within a specific option. Perhaps, given it is a specific and not recommended behavior in normal (read: overconservative) use, it could go under the "-o" switch, which is a catchall for specific options.

p.