Am Mittwoch 03 Dezember 2008 04:10:36 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 03:14:28PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Full_Name: Ralf Haferkamp > > Version: HEAD, RE24 > > OS: > > URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ > > Submission from: (NULL) (89.166.134.124) > > > > > > When slapd is shutdown while the online indexing task is active it will > > stop the indexing task immediately leaving a half created index files > > behind. Searches that use the index afterwards will return imcomplete > > results. > > > > I wonder if we should wait for the indexing task to complete when > > shutting down the daemon or if there are any other ways to put the > > databases and the configuration back into a consistant state. (Apart from > > manually running slapindex) > > That's documented behavior. (See the Admin Guide: > If slapd is stopped before the index task completes, indexing > will have to be manually completed using the slapindex tool. > > Generally when people issue a shutdown command to slapd they want it to > Stop Right Now. I think it would be a bad idea to wait, and I see nothing > to change here. This ITS should be closed. Ok, waiting for the index task to complete is a bad idea as it can take very long to complete. But could we indicate the condition somehow that warn the user about an incomplete run upon next startup?
-- Ralf
