Re: LDIF file instead of updating directory

On Jan 9, 2011, at 13:27 , Peter Marschall wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I always found it quite annoying that one needs two different
> objects/methods when writing a Net:LLDAP:Entry to either a directory server
> or an LDIF file.
> With directory servers you can do
> 	$entry->update($ldap)
> while with LDIF you need
> 	$ldif->write_entry($entry)
> 
> This always requires a distinction in the code path in the perl scripts
> although LDIF makes a nice output when doing a "dry run", and Perl
> should be able to do the RightThing(tm).
> 
> I have attached a patch that extends Net::LDAP::Entry->update
> by accepting an Net::LDAP::LDIF object as a parameter too.
> 
> It would be great if this patch would make it into the next release
> of perl-ldap.

Thanks,

I have added to the git repository to be included in the next release

Graham.