On 03/11/2011 11:00 AM, Michael Ströder wrote: > Eric Brunson wrote: >> On 03/11/2011 05:40 AM, Michael Ströder wrote: >>> No matter which sync protocol you implement it's very likely that you need >>> python-LDAP from CVS HEAD (will be python 2.4) since this version contains >>> code to extract response controls from intermediate responses. >> I'm currently working on a project that requires me to do a syncrepl >> from python and after much, much reading I'm afraid that the python-ldap >> library does not implement 4533 correctly. >> >> Sync cookies are only retrieved by python-ldap if they are returned in a >> server control, however this is only the case in an >> LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT or an LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY packets. The >> protocol passes both deletes and presence records in >> LDAP_RES_INTERMEDIATE packets, which don't get returned to the python >> caller as they don't have LDAP entries in them, and cookies are also >> returned in these intermediate result packets, but not in a server >> control, so those are missed. > The patches in CVS HEAD were contributed by Rich exactly to make syncrepl > possible with python-ldap. If you think the current implementation in CVS HEAD > still has deficiencies regarding controls in intermediate responses I happily > will review a patch. ;-)
Wow, Michael, that is super awesome news. I'll check the CVS head, try it out and get back to you. Sincerely, e. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
