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Re: (ITS#4742) parameter unique_attributes and unknown attribute types



ando@sys-net.it wrote:
> hyc@symas.com wrote:
>> Another possibility would be to always enable LDAP_DEBUG_CONFIG for the 
>> tools. The only reason I suggest this is because I would prefer that 
>> runtime configuration errors are only logged when specifically 
>> requested, not at DEBUG_ANY. Since the error messages are already 
>> returnes to the client in the protocol, it's not always necessary to log 
>> them separately.
>>   
> The point is that I'd like to separate informative messages about 
> configuration (LDAP_DEBUG_CONFIG) from __the__ message that described 
> why slaptest failed (or slapd refuses to start).  Right now, either you 
> get all (which is annoying) or none (which is frustrating).  Apparently, 
> unless we hijack LDAP_DEBUG_NONE for the duration of config parsing, and 
> OR it to all messages followed by "return ARG_BAD_CONF;", we need 
> another LDAP_DEBUG_*.

OK. And we have usually used DEBUG_ANY for fatal messages of this type. 
The point I'm making now is that config errors are no longer always 
fatal; it depends on whether we're starting up or already running.

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