Add comment explaining the previous fix.

Jeremy.

diff --git a/source3/libads/ldap.c b/source3/libads/ldap.c
index 74f9b94a12c5db7d3c16c13eb185702fed8e80af..cc72d81b86c16ae40e39ad929132125ed9b49004 100644 (file)
--- a/source3/libads/ldap.c
+++ b/source3/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;
        }