openldap "development libraries" + openbsd

[Peter Hessler]

On Sat, 13 May 2006 12:35:35 -0700
Derek Shaw <derek at bisi.ca> wrote:

: I'm trying to figure out what the phrase "openLDAP development
: libraries" means in the context of xBSD.  I am preparing to install
: courier-mta.  The courier docs say:
: 
: > Also, note that you need OpenLDAP /development/ libraries and files.
: > On most systems, the development files are packaged separately, in
: > addition to the runtime OpenLDAP libraries. Make sure that you have
: > not just the runtime OpenLDAP libraries installed, but the
: > development libraries as well.
: 
: > ...||||Some operating system distributions provide separate
: > "runtime" and "development" packages for OpenLDAP ....

OpenBSD doesn't suffer from that bug.  The required libraries and
headers are included with the runtime package.


: I'd like to use the package created for openBSD if at all possible.
: There are only two (afaict).
: openldap-client-2.3.11p4.tgz        Open source LDAP software (client)
: openldap-server-2.3.11p4.tgz        Open source LDAP software (server)

openldap-client seems to have the appropriate libraries that you need.

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