Re: (ITS#7659) slapd refuses caseIgnoreMatch for Country String

[hyc@symas.com]

cyrille.maucci@hp.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Cyrille MAUCCI
> Version: 2.4.32
> OS: RHEL5
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (15.203.169.125)
>
>
> Hello openldap'ers,
>
>
> as a follow-up of our discussion on
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-technical/201307/msg00042.html, I'm
> creating an ITS to track the fact that slapd seems to refuse caseIgnoreMatch
> matching rule for Country String.

Fixed now in master.
>
> Initial description of the bug can be found hereafter, to which Howard are
> ack'ed
>
> "Looks like a bug, schema_init.c doesn't list Country String as a compatible
> syntax here. You should submit an ITS for this."
>
>
> Many thanks in advance
> ++Cyrille
>
>
> BUG DESCRIPTION:
>
> When I have this piece of schema included in my slapd.conf fileâ?¦
>
>
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> attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.11.1.1.1.1.402
>
> NAME ( 'TestCountryString' 'TestCountryStringSyn' )
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> DESC 'Test Country String'
>
> EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
>
> ORDERING caseIgnoreOrderingMatch
>
> SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
>
> SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.11
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> SINGLE-VALUE  )
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>
>
> â?¦ my 2.4.32 slapd â??Tt complains with this error:
>
>
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> 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 ?
>
>
>


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