[Freeipa-devel] Re: [PATCH] Fix bug in host plugins, where host*-mod on 'localityname' attribute were creating new values instead of modifying them.

[Pavel Zuna]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Pavel Zuna wrote:
>> [Re-post of forgotten patch.]
>>
>> Depends on Patch 0004: Add host plugin port to new LDAP backend.
>>
>> Patch 0005: Fix bug in host plugins, where host*-mod on 'localityname' 
>> attribute were creating new values instead of modifying them.
>>
>> Pavel
> 
> Would it be better to just switch the attribute to 'l' in the plugin 
> instead?
It would, but we can't do that, because the IPA plugin framework doesn't allow 
parameter names to be this short.

> This does bring up a general problem if we don't handle attribute 
> aliasing. I believe that in the schema it lists the preferred order of 
> the attributes (so 'l', 'locality', 'localityname'). Can we use the 
> schema you load to do this attribute-name rewriting?
Why didn't I think of this? Good idea, I'll try to implement it.

> rob

Pavel