Re: problems with Net::LDAP 0.16 on solaris

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 09:10:55AM +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
> On Tue, 09 May 2000 07:49:30 BST, Graham Barr wrote:
> > On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 10:40:44PM -0700, Pythagoras Watson wrote:
> > > I have attached a script that can be used to cause this problem.
> > > Basically, the script sits between your client and the LDAP server.
> > > Client requests are sent to the server.  Server responses are sent to
> > > the client, but are split into small packets that arrive slowly.  This
> > > causes asn_recv() to enter this "if" statement:
> > >   74        if ($len > length $buf) {
> > >   75          # Cannot get whole element
> > >   76          $_[1]='';
> > >   77          return $peer;
> > >   78        }
> > 
> > While I would agree that this would cause the problem with asn_recv, it does
> > not explain why scripts hang when we use asn_read instead of asn_recv.
> > 
> > If I could fix that I would just change back to using read instead
> > of recv which is what previous versions of Net::LDAP use.
> 
> That would certainly make it easier to get LDAPS working again...

Hint, hint.

OK, I have changed it. The latest is available from the sourceforge
CVS, see http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=5050

You will also need the latest Convert::ASN (also on sourceforge) as this
highlighted a problem.

Graham.