From: Howard Chu <hyc@openldap.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:45:45 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: ITS#10524 slaptest: note it can fail on a fresh config
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ITS#10524 slaptest: note it can fail on a fresh config

and slapcat should be used instead, when converting config format.
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diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8 b/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
index 55c24342c4..4b261bdbb1 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ If neither option is specified, slaptest will attempt to read the
 default config directory before trying to use the default
 config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
 default config file is ignored. If dry-run mode is also specified,
-no conversion will occur.
+no conversion will occur. Note: this conversion may fail if
+used on a fresh config where the configured backends haven't
+been created yet. In that case, use
+.BR slapcat (8)
+to do the conversion instead.
 .TP
 .BI \-n \ dbnum
 Just open and test the \fIdbnum\fR-th database listed in the