Re: (ITS#4773) syncrepl segfault with incorrect config

[ando@sys-net.it]

adrian@smop.co.uk wrote:
> Trying to add or delete entries with syncrepl overlay I was getting segfaults.
>
> I couldn't check against my test box (remote location, no power), but eventually
> came across:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/openldap-software@openldap.org/msg06772.html
>
> This was in fact the problem I had too - I had specified syncrepl early on
> rather than after the database definition.  Moving syncrepl into the correct
> place fixed it.
>
> Two hours wasted trying to figure out what was wrong, it would be good to have
> some error message in this case :-)
>   
It is already fixed in HEAD; fixing it in re23 might be too difficult to 
consider, so, since the correct behavior is clearly documented, it might 
be not worth the effort.

p.