Performing two modifications on a single attribute within a single modify operation fails.

• Key: DIRSERVER-636
• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
• Reporter: Stefan Zoerner
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC3

Environment

ApacheDS 1.0 RC 3
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05)
Microsoft Windows XP version 5.1 Service Pack 1

Description

Performing two modifications on a single attribute within a single modify operation fails.

After creating an entry like this:

dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
sn: Bush
cn: Kate Bush

e.g.

$ ldapmodify -h localhost -p 10389 -D "uid=admin,ou=system" -w ****** -a -f KateBush.ldif
adding new entry cn=Bush\, Kate,dc=example,dc=com

I perform a modify operation with two modification items:

dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: description
description: Kate Bush is a British singer-songwriter.
description: She has become one of the most influential female artists of the twentieth century.
-
delete: description
description: She has become one of the most influential female artists of the twentieth century.

which results in an error:

$ ldapmodify -h localhost -p 10389 -D "uid=admin,ou=system" -w ****** -f twoModifications.ldif
modifying entry cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com
ldap_modify: No such attribute
ldap_modify: additional info: failed to modify entry cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com

The expected result is to perform both modification items within a single transaction, resulting in an entry like this:

dn: cn=Kate Bush,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
sn: Bush
cn: Kate Bush
description: Kate Bush is a British singer-songwriter.

Find an equivalent JNDI JUnit test case attached.