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RE: commit: ldap/servers/slapd sasl.c



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierangelo Masarati [mailto:ando@sys-net.it]

> > I didn't think it was necessary to #ifdef it since the pointer is
> > unused/ignored in 2.1.15 and older. I.e., the auxprop_
> function itself
> > is useless there, but I figured its presence is harmless. But if you
> > think it should be #if'd, that's fine.

> I wasn't totally sure it was unused before 2.1.16
> (so why is it there?).  I got a compiler warning,
> that was my concern (and that's why I didn't #ifdef it).

It was a "spare" pointer, for reserved for future expansion in previous
releases. In 2.1.16 it actually got used.

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