guidelines for developers
Client developers seeking a stable development platform
- should use -stable or the latest OpenLDAP release.
+ should use an OpenLDAP release.
+
+ The OpenLDAP Developer's FAQ is available at:
+ http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=4
OpenLDAP Release README
For a more detailed description of how to make an install the
distribution, see the INSTALL file in this directory. Additional
- installation information, such as per platform hints can be found
- in the doc/install directory.
-
- For more information:
- http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/
+ installation information can be found on the OpenLDAP website:
+ http://www.openldap.org/
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
SLAPD:
LDBM compatible datastore
- (Sleepycat Berkeley DB 2.3.16 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
etc.. It is located at:
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
OpenLDAP-its@OpenLDAP.org
- Additional mailing lists are available. Please see:
+ Additional mailing lists are available for discussion proposes.
+ Please see:
http://www.OpenLDAP.com/lists/