Re: (ITS#7424) Accept patch? Add option for not folding ldapsearch LDIF output lines

No such option in OpenLDAP 2.4.23 as delivered with RHEL 6.

man ldapsearch shows the only general option documented is nettimeout

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On 10/28/2012 3:45 PM, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:

Use ldapsearch -o ldif-wrap=no instead.

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RFC 2849 states:

   2)  Any non-empty line, including comment lines, in an LDIF file
       MAY be folded by inserting a line separator (SEP) and a SPACE.
       Folding MUST NOT occur before the first character of the line.
       In other words, folding a line into two lines, the first of
       which is empty, is not permitted. Any line that begins with a
       single space MUST be treated as a continuation of the previous
       (non-empty) line. When joining folded lines, exactly one space
       character at the beginning of each continued line must be
       discarded. Implementations SHOULD NOT fold lines in the middle
       of a multi-byte UTF-8 character.

OpenLDAP (ldapsearch at least) has taken implemented that folding behavior for LDIF output.

This causes trouble for anyone trying to use 'ldapsearch | grep <something>' for one simple example.

Would you accept a patch to allow an option which disables line folding?