RE: (ITS#5769) Behaviour of ldap_sort_entries on a multivalued attribute

[emmanuel.duru@atosorigin.com]

OK, forget it.

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Pierangelo Masarati [mailto:ando@sys-net.it]
> Envoyé : jeudi 23 octobre 2008 16:13
> À : emmanuel.duru@atosorigin.com
> Cc : openldap-its@openldap.org
> Objet : Re: (ITS#5769) Behaviour of ldap_sort_entries on a multivalued
> attribute
> 
> emmanuel.duru@atosorigin.com wrote:
> 
> > Currently, ldap_sort_entries when used with a multivalued attribute
> assumes that
> > the attribute values are in the same order for all the entries. It would
> be
> > better if this was not the case.
> > For example, I would like to use ldap_sort_entries to sort entries
> according to
> > objectclass attribute, so as to group entries by kind of objects.
> > Let be 3 entries:
> > ==>cn=n1, objectclass: person, organizationalperson
> > ==>ou=ou1, objectclass: organizationalunit
> > ==>cn=n2, objectclass: organizationalperson, person
> > result of ldap_sort_entries on objectclass: n2, ou1, n1, whereas I
> expected n1,
> > n2, ou1.
> 
> ldap_sort_entries() is deprecated.  As a consequence, I would not expect
> any activity on it.  It is the client's duty to sort the way it likes.
> 
> p.
> 
> 
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