openldap-devel February 2020

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asserts and manadatory build instructions (was ITS#8240)
by Michael Ströder 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

hyc(a)symas.com wrote in ITS#8240: > Our patch response was too hasty. There is no OpenLDAP bug here, the real > issue is production binaries being built with asserts enabled instead of > compiling with -DNDEBUG. That's an issue for packagers and distros to resolve. > Closing this ITS, not an OpenLDAP bug. Maybe I missed something. But this is the first time I've heard about -DNDEBUG being mandatory when compiling binary packages for production use. Does it have other effects? And what are general rules for assert statements in OpenLDAP code? In my own (Python) code assert statements are supposed to be only triggered if something goes wrong *internally* (type issues etc.). If somebody manages to trigger an assert statement with invalid input from "outside" I always consider this to be a serious bug revealing insufficient error handling even though e.g. web2ldap just logs the exception but won't crash. YMMV, but please clarify. I also wonder whether there are more mandatory rules for building packages and where I can find them. Please don't get me wrong: My inquiry is in good faith to avoid unnecessary ITS based on misunderstanding. Ciao, Michael.

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Two log lines for SRCH parameters?
by Michael Ströder 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

HI! I'm wondering why there are two log lines for listing the search parameters for a single search operation: SRCH base="dc=ae-dir,dc=example,dc=org" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(objectClass=aePerson)" SRCH attr=cn givenName sn mail aeStatus Is there any rationale for that? Wouldn't it be better to also list attr= along with the other search parameters? The attributes could also be listed as comma-separated list, so parsing with space as separator would be easy. I'm asking for a rather *small* change. I deliberately do not want to start a let's-fix-all-the-log-issues discussion. Ciao, Michael.

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Suggested minor change: LMDB FNV hash code license
by Dan Shearer 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Hello all, In using liblmdb in LumoSQL, we noticed that the FNV code in mdb.c has a non-binding license comment that doesn't match the way it is used in lmdb: "please do not copyright this code. This code is in the public domain." followed by a typical public domain disclaimer. I asked Landon Curt Noll, the author of this code, who proposed this alternative: Title: FNV Hash Author: Landon Curt Noll - http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ Source: http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv License: CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. NOTE: This code was changed to use the 'CC BY 4.0' license by permission of the author. Would the project accept a patch that makes this change? Thanks, -- Dan Shearer dan(a)shearer.org

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get rid of -releng suffix
by Michael Ströder 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

HI! Is the releng suffix for the shared libs still needed? It made sense in former times. But given automatic testing in VMs, containers, CI/CD delivery pipelines it just adds this small extra complexity without any benefit. I suggest to drop it for 2.5.x. Opinions? Ciao, Michael.

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Re: RE25 branch testing
by Gavin Henry 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Will have a shot! On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 00:07 Quanah Gibson-Mount, <quanah(a)symas.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, it's very clear that zero people have been using/testing > the > RE25 code branch, as it was completely unusable until today (wouldn't even > compile). > > I have gotten it now to the point where it both compiles and passes make > test, although my tests do not include any SSL libraries at the moment. > > If anyone on the list could compile, test, and deploy (in a non-production > environment) RE25, that would be great. I'm working on updating the > announcement file with the numerous new features available. Once that's > complete, I'll start looking at getting an alpha tarball together. > > It would also be extremely helpful if there were people who could help > write up documentation as necessary (particularly for the admin guide) on > the new features (or heck, even the numerous unfinished pages for existing > features :( ). > > Thanks, > Quanah > > > > -- > > Quanah Gibson-Mount > Product Architect > Symas Corporation > Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: > <http://www.symas.com> > >

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RE25 branch testing
by Quanah Gibson-Mount 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Unfortunately, it's very clear that zero people have been using/testing the RE25 code branch, as it was completely unusable until today (wouldn't even compile). I have gotten it now to the point where it both compiles and passes make test, although my tests do not include any SSL libraries at the moment. If anyone on the list could compile, test, and deploy (in a non-production environment) RE25, that would be great. I'm working on updating the announcement file with the numerous new features available. Once that's complete, I'll start looking at getting an alpha tarball together. It would also be extremely helpful if there were people who could help write up documentation as necessary (particularly for the admin guide) on the new features (or heck, even the numerous unfinished pages for existing features :( ). Thanks, Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Product Architect Symas Corporation Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: <http://www.symas.com>

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