Hello Ryan, * Ryan Tandy <r...@nardis.ca> [19 Feb 2019 08:42:24]: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:27:29AM +0100, Karsten Heymann wrote: > > any news on this? Having a proper systemd unit for slapd would be quite > > nice. > > Not for buster, I'm afraid.
Maybe for bookworm, then? > The discussion on adding the systemd code upstream went quiet; I need to > reopen it. > > And the current init script has some code in it that I need to figure out > how to replicate in a systemd unit: for example, how to call slapd with the > appropriate -f/-F based on config style, and so on. > > Is there a specific issue or limitation you're running into with the init > script? In my experience systemd's init script handling works pretty well > and I haven't really noticed a difference. The init script handling, provided by systemd-sysv-generator(8), will not stay forever. As pointed out by jmm@, systemd also has a lot of new features that cannot be used by init scripts: no need for PID files, and a lot of sandboxing options. Thanks, Chris
