bug#64089: 30.0.50; `ldap-search' errors out with `wrong-type-argument listp' when called WITHDN == t

[Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>]

On 18/06/2023 08:22 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 02:14:31 +0300
>> From: "Filipp Gunbin" <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>
>> Cc: 64089@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
>> 
>> Thanks, but the problem is that
>> 
>> - the code before the fix prepended dn as string (and it's not
>> totally broken - you can skip attribute translation via
>> var/defcustom, in which case the error should not be triggered)
>> - the fix on emacs-29 now prepends it as cons cell
>> - my change on master will again use string form
>> 
>> So I'd prefer that we leave that unfixed on emacs-29 instead of
>> creating this mess.. Or correct cons cell -> string, if it's worth
>> the trouble.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand why we'd like to leave it unfixed.  Please
> elaborate.  In particular, it is entirely legitimate for master to
> have a different solution.

Hi Eli, this is what I meant:

Previously ldap-search withdn=t returned:

(("<dn value>" ("mail" "...")))

But now it will return:

((("dn" "<dn value>") ("mail" "...")))

Filipp