From: Howard Chu Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:10:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Note perlModuleConfig, break in compatibility with older versions X-Git-Tag: MIGRATION_CVS2GIT~111 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=64a6cfe79bb2ec2a578148b4955f31662f643689;p=openldap Note perlModuleConfig, break in compatibility with older versions --- diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 index 3f8b4a816e..2f2b99853c 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ following actions: * add # adds an entry to backend, * modrdn # modifies an entry's rdn, * delete # deletes an ldap entry, - * config # process unknown config file lines, + * config # module-specific config directives, * init # called after backend is initialized. .fi .LP @@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ Its arguments are as follows. .LP .TP .B config -This method is called with unknown +This method is called once for each perlModuleConfig line in the .BR slapd.conf (5) -configuration file lines. +configuration file. Its arguments are as follows. .nf * object reference @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ Add the path to the @INC variable. Search results are candidates that need to be filtered (with the filter in the search request), rather than search results to be returned directly to the client. +.TP +.B perlModuleConfig +Invoke the module's config method with the given arguments. .SH EXAMPLE There is an example Perl module `SampleLDAP' in the slapd/back\-perl/ directory in the OpenLDAP source tree. @@ -179,6 +182,11 @@ operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend. .SH WARNING The interface of this backend to the perl module MAY change. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. + +Note: in previous versions, any unrecognized lines in the slapd.conf +file were passed to the perl module's config method. Now, +unrecognized lines are rejected as errors, and the perlModuleConfig +directive must be used to invoke the module's config method. .SH FILES .TP ETCDIR/slapd.conf