asserts and manadatory build instructions (was ITS#8240)
by Michael Ströder
hyc(a)symas.com wrote in ITS#8240:
> Our patch response was too hasty. There is no OpenLDAP bug here, the real
> issue is production binaries being built with asserts enabled instead of
> compiling with -DNDEBUG. That's an issue for packagers and distros to resolve.
> Closing this ITS, not an OpenLDAP bug.
Maybe I missed something. But this is the first time I've heard about -DNDEBUG
being mandatory when compiling binary packages for production use. Does it
have other effects?
And what are general rules for assert statements in OpenLDAP code?
In my own (Python) code assert statements are supposed to be only triggered if
something goes wrong *internally* (type issues etc.). If somebody manages to
trigger an assert statement with invalid input from "outside" I always
consider this to be a serious bug revealing insufficient error handling even
though e.g. web2ldap just logs the exception but won't crash. YMMV, but please
clarify.
I also wonder whether there are more mandatory rules for building packages and
where I can find them.
Please don't get me wrong: My inquiry is in good faith to avoid unnecessary
ITS based on misunderstanding.
Ciao, Michael.
2 years
Farewell BerkeleyDB we hardly knew ye
by Quanah Gibson-Mount
As of today, the two BerkeleyDB based backends (back-bdb, back-hdb) are
removed from OpenLDAP head as part of the preparations for OpenLDAP 2.5.
RIP!
--Quanah
--
Quanah Gibson-Mount
Product Architect
Symas Corporation
Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP:
<http://www.symas.com>
4 years, 6 months
ITS#7770 and test056
by Quanah Gibson-Mount
In looking at test056, which specifically queries the BDB based attributes
from back-monitor (olmBDBEntryCache olmBDBDNCache olmBDBIDLCache),
shouldn't it be updated to do something similar for back-mdb's monitored
attributes?
olmMDBPagesMax
olmMDBPagesUsed
olmMDBPagesFree
olmMDBReadersMax
olmMDBReadersUsed
olmDbDirectory
--Quanah
--
Quanah Gibson-Mount
Product Architect
Symas Corporation
Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP:
<http://www.symas.com>
4 years, 6 months
