Re: (ITS#7424) Accept patch? Add option for not folding ldapsearch LDIF output lines

[masarati@aero.polimi.it]

Use ldapsearch -o ldif-wrap=no instead.

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> RFC 2849 states:
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>       2)  Any non-empty line, including comment lines, in an LDIF file
>           MAY be folded by inserting a line separator (SEP) and a SPACE.
>           Folding MUST NOT occur before the first character of the line.
>           In other words, folding a line into two lines, the first of
>           which is empty, is not permitted. Any line that begins with a
>           single space MUST be treated as a continuation of the previous
>           (non-empty) line. When joining folded lines, exactly one space
>           character at the beginning of each continued line must be
>           discarded. Implementations SHOULD NOT fold lines in the middle
>           of a multi-byte UTF-8 character.
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> OpenLDAP (ldapsearch at least) has taken implemented that folding
> behavior for LDIF output.
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> This causes trouble for anyone trying to use 'ldapsearch | grep
> <something>'
> for one simple example.
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> Would you accept a patch to allow an option which disables line folding?
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Pierangelo Masarati
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale
Politecnico di Milano