ldapadd rejects zero-length attribute value in ldif (ITS#3363)

[vchevalier@linagora.com]

Full_Name: Victor CHEVALIER
Version: 2.2.11
OS: Linux
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (194.98.7.155)


Hi,

When a ldif file contains zero-length attribute values, ldapadd rejects the
entry with an "Invalid syntax(21)" error.

However in the rfc it says :

5)  When a zero-length attribute value is to be included directly
    in an LDIF file, it MUST be represented as
    AttributeDescription ":" FILL SEP.  For example, "seeAlso:"
    followed by a newline represents a zero-length "seeAlso"
    attribute value.  It is also permissible for the value
    referred to by a URL to be of zero length.

So, I think that ldapadd should only ignore these zero-length values, shouldn't
it ?

LDIF example :

version: 1

dn: ou=test-ldif,o=gouv,c=fr
changetype: add
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: test-ldif
description:
o: organization

Victor