[bug-notifications] [openldap_client 0004759]: Ldap tools only check /etc/opt/csw/openldap

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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4759 
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Reported By:                bryanwgraham
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    openldap_client
Issue ID:                   4759
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2011-04-19 20:36 CEST
Last Modified:              2011-04-19 21:44 CEST
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Summary:                    Ldap tools only check /etc/opt/csw/openldap
Description: 
I'm not sure when the change occurred, but apparently now these ldap tools
only check for an ldap.conf in /etc/opt/csw/openldap.  Given that, for
quite some time, it looked in /opt/csw/etc/openldap, it seems reasonable
that it should check /etc/opt/csw/openldap first, and if an ldap.conf is
not found, check /opt/csw/etc/openldap afterward.  Alternatively, if the
client reported that it couldn't find an ldap.conf in
/etc/opt/csw/openldap, I wouldn't have had to use truss to figure out it
was looking in the wrong place (and only that place).
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 (0008969) dam (administrator) - 2011-04-19 21:44
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4759#c8969 
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Thanks for the report! The change in location from /opt/csw/etc to
/etc/opt/csw was made to better support sparse zones with shared /opt/csw.
It is the new standard on all updated packages.

There is usually a class action script in place which migrates the files
from the old to the new location during package install. However, there was
a typo in the package Makefile (MIGRATECONF instead of MIGRATE_FILES) which
I have now fixed and which will be effective in the next package release. I
leave the bug open until then.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to configure more than one location for
the files and the upstream code does not throw errors if the file is not
found. I simply have not the time to patch the code on every update.

However, I do see that there is need for better communication for package
updates. Where would you look for information on an updated package?