guidelines for developers
Client developers seeking a stable development platform
- should use -stable.
+ should use an OpenLDAP release.
+ The OpenLDAP Developer's FAQ is available at:
+ http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=4
-OpenLDAP 1.1 Beta README
- This is the OpenLDAP version 1.1 Beta.
+OpenLDAP Release README
For a description of what this distribution contains, see the
ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of
changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this
- directory. For a more detailed description of how to make an
- install the distribution, see the INSTALL file in this directory.
+ directory.
- Additional installation information, such as per platform
- hints can be found in the doc/install directory.
-
- For more information:
- http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
+ For a more detailed description of how to make an install the
+ distribution, see the INSTALL file in this directory. Additional
+ installation information can be found on the OpenLDAP website:
+ http://www.openldap.org/
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
SLAPD:
LDBM compatible datastore
- (Berkeley DB, Sleepycat DB2, or GDBM)
+ (Sleepycat Berkeley DB 2.7.5 or GDBM)
SLURPD:
LTHREAD compatible thread package
- (POSIX pthreads, MIT pthreads, Mach Cthreads or Sun LWP)
-
- LDAPD:
- ISODE compatible X.500 distribution
+ (POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, Sun LWP, or GNU Pth)
CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware:
Depends on package. See per package README.
MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
- This is a quick guide. For details, see the INSTALL file.
-
- % ./configure
- configure OpenLDAP for current platform
-
- % make depend
- this will create dependency information
-
- % make
- this will build the system
-
- % su
- # make install
-
- in this directory. This should produce something that basically
- works. You can "cd tests; make" to verify the build.
-
- See the INSTALL file in this directory for more information.
+ Please see the INSTALL file for details.
DOCUMENTATION
- There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and
- routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details.
+ There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and
+ routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details.
Additional documentation can be found in the doc directory.
- doc/devel Developer Information
- doc/drafts LDAP-related IETF drafts
- doc/install Installation and Integration
- doc/man Raw man(1) pages
- doc/rfcs LDAP-related Request for Comments
-
- There is an OpenLDAP homepage available that contains the latest
- LDAP news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
- etc. You can access it at this URL:
+ doc/devel Developer Information
+ doc/drafts LDAP-related IETF drafts
+ doc/install Installation and Integration
+ doc/man Raw man(1) pages
+ doc/rfcs LDAP-related Request for Comments
+
+ There is an OpenLDAP home page available that contains the latest
+ LDAP news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
+ etc.. It is located at:
+ http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
- http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
+ The OpenLDAP Quick Start Guide is available at:
+ http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=172
+ The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at:
+ http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=2
-FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
- We would appreciate any feedback you can provide. If you have
- problems, report them to this address:
- OpenLDAP-bugs@OpenLDAP.org
+SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
+ OpenLDAP is user supported. If you have problems, please
+ review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
+ archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing
+ lists <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>.
+ Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our
+ our Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.com/its/> or
+ by sending mail to OpenLDAP-its@OpenLDAP.org. Do not use
+ this system for general or software equiries. Please direct
+ these to the appropriate mailing list.