Re: HEADS UP: Attribute changes

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
> Howard Chu writes:
> > > Add a slapd.conf directive which inserts an implicit X-ORDERED 'VALUES'
> > > in an already existing attribute definition.  (...)
> > OK, that makes sense. Except it's not the same as X-ORDERED 'VALUES'
> > behavior.  (...)
>
> Yes, I guess that should have been the opposite, an 'X-PRESERVE-ORDER'
> thing, to tell slapd to not reorder values.  (I have a distinct feeling
> I've made that exact mistake before...)
>
> > I don't think objectclass shorthand makes sense here. It would be pretty
> > unusual to need this feature on e.g. all the attributes of inetOrgPerson.
>
> True, but it can be useful to define object classes that are only to be
> used in config directives, not in entries.

Sounds like you want the X.500 attribute-sets feature. Though I suppose 
there's no harm in subverting abstract objectclasses for this purpose.

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