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.

Best regards
Peter

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Peter Marschall
pe...@adpm.de

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