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==== Breaking changes in OpenLDAP ====
==== Breaking changes in OpenLDAP ====


'''There might be incompatible changes between OpenLDAP (aka <code>slapd</code>) versions which require manual editing of the <code>slapcat</code> output before it's read in on the new server with <code>slapadd</code>.'''
There might be incompatible changes between OpenLDAP (aka <code>slapd</code>) versions which require manual editing of the <code>slapcat</code> output before it's read in on the new server with <code>slapadd</code>.


Here's one example that occurs when updating from OpenLDAP 2.4.42 or earlier to 2.4.43 or later: the ppolicy overlay has a new attribute in the newer version, so if you simply run the commands above, the first one (the one that copies the config database) will produce the following error message:
Here's one example that occurs when updating from OpenLDAP 2.4.42 or earlier to 2.4.43 or later: the ppolicy overlay has a new attribute in the newer version, so if you simply run the commands above, the first one (the one that copies the config database) will produce the following error message: