python-ldap-dev

SASL/TLS question

[Marc B. <ma...@ms...>]

HI

Why is SASL/TLS support in python-ldap not enabled by default in configure?

Does it make sense to enable it  by default on platforms that always 
have tls libs, e.g. on OpenBSD?

- Marc

Re: SASL/TLS question

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

Marc Balmer wrote:
> 
> Why is SASL/TLS support in python-ldap not enabled by default in configure?

python-ldap is built with the help of Python DistUtils. autoconf's 
configure is not used at all.

See http://docs.python.org/dist/dist.html

> Does it make sense to enable it  by default on platforms that always 
> have tls libs, e.g. on OpenBSD?

Feel free to contribute a platform-specific setup.cfg for addition to 
the source distribution under directory Build/. The text in file INSTALL 
refers to that directory under "Quick build instructions".

Ciao, Michael.

Re: SASL/TLS question

[Marc B. <ma...@ms...>]

Michael Str=F6der wrote:

> Feel free to contribute a platform-specific setup.cfg for addition to=20
> the source distribution under directory Build/. The text in file INSTAL=
L=20
> refers to that directory under "Quick build instructions".

On OpenBSD databases/py-ldap comes in two flavors:  with sasl and=20
without.  We can not just provide the one and only OpenBSD setup.cfg=20
because of that.  And it would make no sense as python-ldap is included=20
in the OpenBSD ports collection.  As the maintainer of said port,=20
questions arrise from time to time ;-)

- Marc