Re: ldapsearch's bind fails due to getaddrinfo

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Probably the getaddrinfo() function is broken in your version of glibc. 
If you can't upgrade your glibc, then you should just keep using the 
workaround you've posted here.

Bernhard Erdmann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> if I build OpenLDAP using "ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo=no", the hostname 
> lookup is done:
>
> # 03.09.04
> # openldap-2.2.15
> #
> CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/db42/include -I/opt/openssl/include 
> -I/opt/sasl/include" \
> LDFLAGS="-L/opt/db42/lib -L/opt/openssl/lib -L/opt/sasl/lib" \
> ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo=no \
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/opt/openldap \
> --sysconfdir=/etc \
> --localstatedir=/var/lib/ldap \
> --with-cyrus-sasl \
> --disable-ipv6
>
>
> $ ldapsearch -x -H ldap://localhost -b dc=berdmann,dc=de '(sn=erdman)'
> # extended LDIF
> #
> # LDAPv3
> # base <dc=berdmann,dc=de> with scope sub
> # filter: (sn=erdman)
> # requesting: ALL
> #
>
> # search result
> search: 2
> result: 0 Success
>
> # numResponses: 1


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