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[openldap] / doc / man / man5 / slapd-bdb.5

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
index a2456477acabbdf97cb3d94d94514e0d2f10982c..ea83c8f7ce554d2cf1a4adc42188ac1562856fae 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH SLAPD-BDB 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
 .TH SLAPD-BDB 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"

-.\" Copyright 1998-2013 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2018 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.

 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .\" $OpenLDAP$
 .SH NAME
 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .\" $OpenLDAP$
 .SH NAME


@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ The \fBbdb\fP backend to
 uses the Oracle Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
 It makes extensive use of indexing and caching to speed data access.
 .LP
 uses the Oracle Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
 It makes extensive use of indexing and caching to speed data access.
 .LP

-\fBhdb\fP is the recommended primary database backend.  It is a variant of
+Note that BDB is deprecated and support will be dropped in future
+OpenLDAP releases. Installations should use the \fBmdb\fP
+backend instead.
+.LP
+\fBhdb\fP is a variant of

 the \fBbdb\fP backend that uses a hierarchical database layout which
 supports subtree renames. It is both more space-efficient and more
 execution-efficient than the \fBbdb\fP backend.  It is otherwise identical
 the \fBbdb\fP backend that uses a hierarchical database layout which
 supports subtree renames. It is both more space-efficient and more
 execution-efficient than the \fBbdb\fP backend.  It is otherwise identical


@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@ Berkeley DB configuration file
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR slapd.conf (5),
 .BR slapd\-config (5),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR slapd.conf (5),
 .BR slapd\-config (5),

+.BR slapd\-mdb (5),

 .BR slapd (8),
 .BR slapadd (8),
 .BR slapcat (8),
 .BR slapd (8),
 .BR slapadd (8),
 .BR slapcat (8),