Re: slapcat doesn't return correct error status for bdb fatal error

Assuming you're still seeing this in 2.4.12/HEAD, I'd suggest an ITS for discussion/tracking...

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

[root@etoile ~]# slapcat -b dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr ... bdb(dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr): pthread lock failed: Invalid argument bdb(dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr): PANIC: Invalid argument bdb(dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr): PANIC: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery bdb(dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr): PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery bdb_db_close: database "dc=msr-inria,dc=inria,dc=fr": close failed: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery (-30975) [root@etoile ~]# echo $? 0

It makes a bit difficult to know if slapcat-based backup were successful.

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