On 04/02/11 03:31, Michael Ströder wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: >> On 3 February 2011 18:16, Rich Megginson <rich.meggin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 02/03/2011 04:34 AM, Michael Wood wrote: >>>> e.g. Ubuntu Lucid Lynx with libldap2-dev version 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.3 and >>>> python-ldap 2.3.10-1ubuntu1. >> [..] >> But I thought it was worth a try to recompile OpenLDAP and link with >> OpenSSL instead of GnuTLS. >> >> After doing that, the problem went away! > > That was my first idea when I read that you're using Ubuntu (based on Debian). > There have been so many issues with OpenLDAP linked with GnuTLS during the > last years. I really wonder why the Debian folks force everybody to use this. > IMO that's a major issue with Debian.
Debian uses GnuTLS because OpenSSL has the non-GPL compatible advertising clause, and libldap is linked into many GPL applications. So the solutions are fix the OpenSSL licensing or make GnuTLS not suck; I have no hope of either occurring. James Andrewartha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
