OpenLDAP Perl Module (XS)

[David J Radunz <david.radunz@staff.netspace.net.au>]

Hey,

	Im not sure if this is the correct 'forum' to be submitting this query
- but its the one that stood out to me as the most obvious place. Anyway
my query is: Has anyone written a Perl interface to the OpenLDAP
libraries? The reason I ask is that Net::LDAP is far too slow, and
Mozilla::LDAP is far too hard to install (I have managed to get it to
work on Solaris i86, but cannot get it to work on Solaris Sparc). I have
also downloaded Net::LDAPapi 1.43 and patched it as advised in the
OpenLDAP FAQ but it fails to compile:

[dj@ice Net-LDAPapi-1.43-patched-build]$ make
gcc -c   -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -
fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -
D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386
-mtune=pentium4   -DVERSION=\"1.43\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.43\" -fPIC "-
I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE"  -DOPENLDAP
LDAPapi.c
LDAPapi.xs: In function `av2modvals':
LDAPapi.xs:108: error: `na' undeclared (first use in this function)
LDAPapi.xs:108: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
LDAPapi.xs:108: error: for each function it appears in.)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `parse1mod':
LDAPapi.xs:217: error: `na' undeclared (first use in this function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_search':
LDAPapi.xs:600: error: `na' undeclared (first use in this function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_search_s':
LDAPapi.xs:636: error: `na' undeclared (first use in this function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_search_st':
LDAPapi.xs:682: error: `na' undeclared (first use in this function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_get_dn':
LDAPapi.xs:875: error: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this
function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_first_attribute':
LDAPapi.xs:969: error: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this
function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_next_attribute':
LDAPapi.xs:991: error: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this
function)
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_set_rebind_proc':
LDAPapi.xs:1070: error: too few arguments to function
`ldap_set_rebind_proc'
LDAPapi.xs:1080: warning: passing arg 2 of `ldap_set_rebind_proc' from
incompatible pointer type
LDAPapi.xs:1080: error: too few arguments to function
`ldap_set_rebind_proc'
LDAPapi.xs: In function `XS_Net__LDAPapi_ldap_url_parse':
LDAPapi.xs:1201: error: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this
function)
make: *** [LDAPapi.o] Error 1


That occurs on both Solaris and Fedora Core 3 (both intel boxes).

Anyway, if no one has written a perl XS interface to OpenLDAP if anyone
wants to id buy you a slab, because im getting pretty stressed out over
this. It has been 4 weeks of pain so far from the initial realisation of
how slow Net::LDAP was - to trying Mozilla::LDAP and spending a week
getting it compiled.. and then discovery it doesnt run properly on Sparc
(despite communication with its author - and even he has no advice for
me).

Thanks heaps in advance,

David

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