On 03/28/2011 14:20, Xin LI wrote:
> On 03/28/11 13:57, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 03/28/2011 13:48, Xin LI wrote:
>>> On 03/28/11 12:42, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>>> Yup. openldap-client-2.4.24 does fine. Looks like a bug in 2.4.25. I'll
>>>> take a look at CHANGES and see if I can figure out what broke the
>>>> inclusion of fetch(3) support if I get a bit of time.
>>>
>>> It seems that libldif now referenced the fetch support, and ironically
>>> it seem be a bug but a feature :(
>>>
>>> I have decided to disable FETCH support from now on, since it's likely
>>> to bring more problems.
>>>
>>> (If you would prefer to fix the problem for this specific problem, I
>>> think adding a '-lfetch' would be sufficient; but, it seems to be
>>> undesirable to depend fetch(3) unconditionally for all programs that
>>> uses openldap).
>
>> I know next to nothing about how the openldap-client stuff works, so I'm
>> sorry if these questions are silly. :) The biggest question is, does
>> dirmngr compile after your change? The other question is that the only
>> reason I have openldap installed at all is so that gnupg can use it to
>> fetch keys from ldap keyservers. Will this still work when the FETCH
>> option is no longer present?
>
> hmm... how do I test fetching from an ldap keyserver?
I'll save you the trouble. :) I got your latest update and tested both
scenarios myself, and the answer is that they both work.
So now the question is, should the FETCH OPTION be removed altogether? I
imagine that a lot of users will be at least as confused as I, and word
is that PRs for other ports are already showing up.
Doug
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