Re: (ITS#5282) refreshAndPersist can miss changes if error occurs

[hyc@symas.com]

quanah@zimbra.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount
> Version: 2.3.39
> OS:
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (76.21.80.71)
> 
> 
> If one is using refreshAndPersist with syncrepl, and an error occurs during a
> change, the contextCSN will not be updated.  However, if a /new/ change comes in
> after that, that is successful, the CSN will be updated, and the missed change
> is lost.  This can happen, for example, if the replica runs out of locks while
> making the change.  It would be best then, if this happens, for the replica to
> drop out of persist mode.  This is a good reason to set an interval with this
> mode.

This was fixed in HEAD in January 2006. So the fix is in all 2.4 releases, but 
never made it into RE23.

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