[GEM-dev] [ pd-gem-Bugs-2836834 ] 0.91.3 fails to build with g++-4.4

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Bugs item #2836834, was opened at 2009-08-13 12:34
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Category: Pixes (pix_ objects)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: ClaudiusMaximus (claudiusmaximus)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 0.91.3 fails to build with g++-4.4

Initial Comment:
with:

karmic/main g++-4.4 4.4.1-1ubuntu3

error:

recordQT4L.cpp: In function 'lqt_file_type_t guess_qtformat(const char*)':
recordQT4L.cpp:96: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'

suggested fix:

fix code to compile with g++-4.4, and then make a new release


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>Comment By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2009-08-20 15:38

Message:
since strrchr comes from libc6: which version of libc6/-dev do you have
installed?

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2009-08-20 15:37

Message:
weird.

according to "man 3 strrchr ", this function takes a "const char *s",
which is exactly what it is given...

does it happen to work with 0.92svn ?

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Comment By: ClaudiusMaximus (claudiusmaximus)
Date: 2009-08-15 20:11

Message:
this fixes it:


diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' pd-gem-0.91.3/src/Pixes/recordQT4L.cpp
pd-gem-0.91.3.new/src/Pixes/recordQT4L.cpp
--- pd-gem-0.91.3/src/Pixes/recordQT4L.cpp      2008-04-11
08:41:44.000000000 +0100
+++ pd-gem-0.91.3.new/src/Pixes/recordQT4L.cpp  2009-08-15
15:46:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 /* guess the file-format by inspecting the extension */
 static lqt_file_type_t guess_qtformat(const char* filename)
 {
-  char * extension = strrchr(filename, '.');
+  char * extension = strrchr(const_cast<char*>(filename), '.');
   int i=0;
 
   if(!extension) {




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