Hi,
this is a workaround for hp-ux 11.00
diff ispell_checker.cpp ispell_checker.cpp.cln
327c327
< snprintf(buf, 1024, (char *)text, szLang);
---
> snprintf(buf, 1024, text, szLang);
Martin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dom Lachowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:20 PM
> To: AbiWord Developer List
> Subject: RE: abiword-0.99.3: ispell_checker.cpp:327: cannot convert ..
> on hp-ux 11.00
>
>
> > but I didnīt understand, why hpux 10.20 works with the
> external GNU snprintf
> > ?
>
> Because hpux 10.20 didn't supply its own snprintf, so you set up the
> build system so that GNU snprintf's definition was found (and correct,
> for that matter). Now you're running into another problem - hpux 11.0
> decided to include a snprintf function in its library. But the damn
> fools gave it the wrong prototype.
>
> SO:
>
> 1) Problem 1 - using the HP/UX snprintf won't work because it takes a
> char * format string instead of a const char * format string.
> Bad HP/UX
> programmers. I forbid you to merge with Compaq...
>
> 2) Problem 2 - using the GNU snprintf on HP/UX 11.0 won't work because
> now there are 2 definitions of the same function. This is a compiler
> error.
>
> So HP/UX basically just screwed you by doing a half-assed job when
> including a snprintf function in their library. Sorry.
>
> > PS: what is bitch-slap ?
>
> Annoy and pester them in a rude way until they do what you
> want them to.
>
> Dom
>
