Full_Name: Howard Chu Version: 2.4 OS: URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (70.211.141.184) Submitted by: hyc

libldap has always (since initial commit) had an ldap_build_search_request() function which constructs the ber of the request message. This ber can then be sent to a server using ldap_send_initial_request().

Corresponding build* functions are missing for all of the other request types. There doesn't appear to be a good reason for this inconsistency, and it would be useful to be able to handle all request types the same way. In particular, it's useful for a caller to know the messageID of the new request before attempting to send it over the wire. This would make a number of issues in back-ldap/back-meta easier to deal with.