Re: ANNC and query: ldapmodule-1.10a3-patched RPMs available

[Michael <mi...@st...>]

Joe Little wrote:
> =

> So I
> will either need to figure out how to fix python-ldap for modern ldap
> libraries (OpenLDAP, mozilla, etc), or redo it completely.

Unfortunately the LDAP C SDKs diverged to incorporate new features
like SASL, SSL, etc. Another thing to take care of: All people are
asking for building against the OpenLDAP 2 libs. Note that the only
thread-safe LDAP C SDK seems to be the Mozilla C SDK.

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Subject: Re: OpenLDAP libs thread-safe?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:00:45 -0700
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Ku...@Op...>
To: mi...@st...
CC: openldap-software <ope...@Op...>

At 02:42 PM 4/13/01 +0200, Michael Str=F6der wrote:
>The OpenLDAP 1.2.11 libs does not seem to be thread-safe. How about
>OpenLDAP 2.0.x libs?

While 2.0 provides an experimental -lldap_r.  It is not generally
thread-safe, but thread-safe if used in a specific manner.  As
use of -lldap_r requires detailed knowledge of how the library
works, I do not recommend developers attempt to make use of it.

You might consider using the Mozilla LDAP C API which has more
general thread-safety features.

Of course, we welcome those wanting to work on the OpenLDAP C
API to improve its thread-safety features.

Kurt
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Ciao, Michael.