Root NC ("") suffix: search broken (ITS#1172)

[Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk]

Full_Name: Konstantin Chuguev
Version: Since 1.42.2.13
OS: Solaris 2.6 (irrelevant)
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/konstantin-chuguev-010525.patch
Submission from: (NULL) (193.63.211.7)


Hi,

Here I am again with my bizarre OpenLDAP configuration: I use suffix "" to
implement
a meta-directory with (mostly) referrals to national LDAP servers.
Once I submitted a fix allowing do the search with base "" on such a directory.
I haven't upgraded my OpenLDAP (cvs'ed some time between 2.0.7 and 2.0.8) since
then.
Now I decided to go for 2.0.11 and oops, it didn't work for me.
The guilty is the following change (with a few subsequent modifications):
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1.42.2.13 Thu Mar 15 03:18:07 2001 UTC; 2 months, 1 week ago by kurt 
Branch: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2 
Changed since 1.42.2.12: +8 -4 lines
Diffs to 1.42.2.12 (colored diff) ; Diffs to 1.99 (colored diff) 

Check for DN separator
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Although it fixes 99.99% of possible bad situations, it breaks a correct one
in my case ;-)  So, the patch is here at
http://www.dante.net/staff/konstantin/OpenLDAP/backend_empty_suffix.patch
It works fine with 2.0.11. Crossing my fingers, it's the same for CURRENT :-)

Thanks,
	Konstantin.