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

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:22:47 +0300

> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 02:14:31 +0300
> From: "Filipp Gunbin" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> 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.