hyc@symas.com writes:

Though it goes against our usual desire to minimize distro-specific patch maintenance, I think in this case I have to recommend that you continue to carry this patch on your side.

Wrap such code in #ifdef on OPTIMISTIC_LIBVERSION_SASL or something in OpenLDAP, so that people with 3rd party code done right can ./configure CPPFLAGS=-DOPTIMISTIC_LIBVERSION_SASL instead of patching the code?