[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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