[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Replace OpenLDAP with mozldap

[Simo Sorce]

On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 18:40 +0430, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
> I've attached a patch that begins the process of replacing OpenLDAP with
> mozldap. FreeIPA relies on RedHat's Directory Server, which uses mozldap. A
> FreeIPA build using mozldap would reduce the project's dependencies and
> redundant code. In addition, mozldap uses NSS instead of OpenSSL. This is
> beneficial for the reasons listed in [1].
> 
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraCryptoConsolidation

Hi Mike,
patch may make sense for shipping for Fedora, but it would be better to
have a patch that makes the choice between mozldap or openldap libraries
a compile time option.
This is because admin tools and client tools are not meant to be run on
the server only and other distributions may not ship the mozldap bits.

Do you think you can modify the patch to make it possible to select
either library through a configure option ?

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York