From 0a127f0f8b7e19ead0c74defc54cc6d73df3af97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Renard <brenard@easter-eggs.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:55:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] LdapServer : add update_need() helper method

---
 LdapServer.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LdapServer.py b/LdapServer.py
index b32b859..fcbce87 100644
--- a/LdapServer.py
+++ b/LdapServer.py
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ class LdapServer(object):
 			self._error("LdapServer - Error updating %s : %s\nOld : %s\nNew : %s" % (dn, e, old, new), logging.error)
 		return False
 
+	def update_need(self, old, new, ignore_attrs=[]):
+		ldif = modlist.modifyModlist(old, new, ignore_attr_types=ignore_attrs)
+		if ldif == []:
+			return False
+		return True
+
 	def rename_object(self,dn,new_rdn):
 		try:
 			self.logger.debug("LdapServer - Rename %s in %s" % (dn,new_rdn))