+ /*
+ * Kludge. ldap://111.222.333.444:389??cn=abc,o=company
+ *
+ * On early Novell releases, search references/referrals were returned
+ * in this format, i.e., the dn was kind of in the scope position,
+ * but the required slash is missing. The whole thing is illegal syntax,
+ * but we need to account for it. Fortunately it can't be confused with
+ * anything real.
+ */
+ if( (p == NULL) && (q != NULL) && ((q = strchr( q, '?')) != NULL)) {
+ q++;
+ /* ? immediately followed by question */
+ if( *q == '?') {
+ q++;
+ if( *q != '\0' ) {
+ /* parse dn part */
+ ldap_pvt_hex_unescape( q );
+ ludp->lud_dn = LDAP_STRDUP( q );
+ } else {
+ ludp->lud_dn = LDAP_STRDUP( "" );
+ }
+
+ if( ludp->lud_dn == NULL ) {
+ LDAP_FREE( url );
+ ldap_free_urldesc( ludp );
+ return LDAP_URL_ERR_MEM;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+