Same entity ID in multiple metadata sources

[Rod Widdowson]

> First one, yes. 

> While certainly not recommended for sanity

Absolutely.  Further, I'm not sure that this is guarantee behavior (although it is a leitmotif in the code), so while you can
probably rely on it for this major release I would echo Peter's comment about not recommended.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at shibboleth.net [mailto:users-bounces at shibboleth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Schober
> Sent: 05 October 2012 22:38
> To: users at shibboleth.net
> Subject: Re: Same entity ID in multiple metadata sources
> 
> * Nate Klingenstein <ndk at internet2.edu> [2012-10-05 23:23]:
> > As you suspect, it's fine to load the same metadata twice.  I believe
> > your guess is correct: the IdP will load the first one it encounters,
> > although it can seem random and unpredictable.
> 
> First one, yes. While certainly not recommended for sanity and other reasons I sometimes used that
> behaviour to temporatily override specific entities with local copies that way (can't even recall
> why).
> -peter
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