Add comment explaining the previous fix.

Jeremy.

diff --git a/source/libads/ldap.c b/source/libads/ldap.c
index 27aef312ba1ede576858141d75e513d608befaec..d9598e5dd8308ce4edca71027fd33bf7447c5576 100644 (file)
--- a/source/libads/ldap.c
+++ b/source/libads/ldap.c
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ static int ldap_search_with_timeout(LDAP *ld,
        if (gotalarm != 0)
                return LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED;
 
+       /*
+        * A bug in OpenLDAP means ldap_search_ext_s can return
+        * LDAP_SUCCESS but with a NULL res pointer. Cope with
+        * this. See bug #6279 for details. JRA.
+        */
+
        if (*res == NULL) {
                return LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED;
        }