LDAP_SORT(3)

💅 LDAP_SORT(3) — the ldap_sort situation, bestie

okay so real talk: this is the LDAP_SORT(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's about libldap — yes, the OpenLDAP LDAP library. grab a snack, because the tea here is that literally all three of these functions are deprecated and this page is basically a "please don't" note 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ldap_sort_entries, ldap_sort_values, ldap_sort_strcasecmp — the LDAP sorting routines 💀 (deprecated, bestie, like fully deprecated)

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

OpenLDAP LDAP — that's libldap, and you link it with -lldap 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So. The three functions on this page — ldap_sort_entries(), ldap_sort_values(), and ldap_sort_strcasecmp() — are all deprecated. That's the whole vibe. They're the "we don't really fw this anymore" of the LDAP world 😭

Deprecated interfaces generally do remain in the library, though — so they're not just gone gone, they're like, still there, lurking. If you're compiling a program that was designed to use deprecated interfaces, you can define the LDAP_DEPRECATED macro to a non-zero value (for example -DLDAP_DEPRECATED=1) and the compiler will let you do your thing. ✨

But like… the recommendation is right there in the manual, bestie: if you're writing a new program, or updating an old one, avoid deprecated interfaces. Please. For me. 🙈

And over time, it's expected that documentation (and, eventually, support) for deprecated interfaces will be eliminated. So no cap — these are on the way out, and the clock is kinda ticking. ⏳

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• ldap(3) — go read that one instead, fr fr

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🎀 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 🎀

OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/> — they're the main characters of this whole thing, periodt 👑

Also, OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release. Iconic lineage, honestly 🦋

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okay that's the page!! no options list to memorize this time, which is honestly a slay 🌈 this was LDAP_SORT(3) from OpenLDAP 2.6.16, dated 2026/10/21 — go forth, avoid deprecated interfaces, and i love you bye 💜