[Buildroot] Move openldap package and enable LDAP server?
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Fri Dec 4 08:19:24 UTC 2015
Hello,
On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:13:12 +0100, Andreas Ehmanns wrote:
> I was going to use openLDAP on my embedded device and found the
> configuration under Target Packages -> Libraries -> Networking.
> You can enable openldap which only generates the ldap libraries but have
> an option to let the client applications being built.
> Since I need the LDAP server I added an option to compile the LDAP
> server too. Everything works fine and I thought about submitting the
> patch but then I asked me if the configuration location is still the
> right place.
> Wouldn't it be better to place the openldap configuration under
> Target Packages -> Networking Applications
> instead of
> Target Packages -> Libraries -> Networking
>
> What is your opinion?
Yes, I agree that it probably makes more sense to have OpenLDAP in
Networking Applications, even if it indeed also provides a client
library.
Thomas
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