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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!arlnews!sparky!lamp0.arl.mil!ramoore From: ramoore@lamp0.arl.mil (Randy Moore) Subject: Programming problem with BSDI cc complier: Incompat. pointer types char * != u_char * Message-ID: <ramoore.16.000DB171@lamp0.arl.mil> Lines: 16 Sender: news@arl.mil (The News System ) Organization: Army Research Lab X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 18:41:29 GMT I am trying to compile some software (that I did not write) on a BSDI v 2.0.1 system. The software compiles, but I get several warnings that I am using Incompatible pointer types on lines that use the 'strlen' command. The software defines the pointer as type 'u_char *' while the man page for strlen says that it wants to see type 'const char *. I am not a unix programmer and so I'm not sure how important this is or how to fix it. I am having some mysterious problems with this software that this mismatch could be causing. If any BSDI unix programmer out there could bail me out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Randy Moore