Re: (ITS#8805) Documentation for LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_NEWCTX is wrong

[hyc@symas.com]

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> On 2018-02-15 17:04, Howard Chu wrote:
>> I see no disagreement between the code and the documentation. Please
>> elaborate, otherwise this ITS will be closed.
> 
> For a non-native speaker, the documentation sounds a bit like
> ldap_set_option(l, LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_NEWCTX, 0) does not create a new
> context at all because the input value is zero. Could you please mention
> that a zero value creates a client context?

"This option creates a context.
If you specify a 1, it will create a context for a server."

Nothing in these statements implies that it will *not* create a context.

Closing this ITS.

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