Re: caseIgnoreMatch for Country String

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Maucci, Cyrille wrote:
> Hello gurus,
>
> When I have this piece of schema included in my slapd.conf file…
>
> attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.11.1.1.1.1.402
>
> NAME ( 'TestCountryString' 'TestCountryStringSyn' )
>
> DESC 'Test Country String'
>
> EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
>
> ORDERING caseIgnoreOrderingMatch
>
> SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
>
> SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.11
>
> SINGLE-VALUE  )
>
> … my 2.4.32 slapd –Tt complains with this error:
>
> line 8 attributetype: AttributeType inappropriate matching rule:
> "caseIgnoreMatch".
>
> My understanding of http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4517 is that caseIgnoreMatch
> is valid for country string:
>
> "The *caseIgnoreMatch *rule compares an assertion value of the Directory
>
> String syntax to an attribute value of a syntax (e.g., the Directory
>
> String, Printable String,*Country String*, or Telephone Number syntax)
>
> whose corresponding ASN.1 type is DirectoryString or one of its
>
> alternative string types.
>
> "
>
> Could you confirm whether this is a bug in openldap or simply a
> misunderstanding from me ?

Looks like a bug, schema_init.c doesn't list Country String as a compatible 
syntax here. You should submit an ITS for this.
> Thanks in advance
>
> ++Cyrille


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