Julien Cristau, le Fri 07 Jan 2011 12:00:40 +0100, a écrit :
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 00:31:07 +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> > Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> writes:
> >
> > > - execvp("udhcpc", arguments);
> > > + /* execvp doesn't like const strings for no reason, so we can
> > > + cast away the const to suppress the compiler warning */
> > > + execvp("udhcpc", (char **)arguments);
> >
> > Actually, I started to feel bad about this part. Maybe it would be
> > wiser to use non-const strings from the beginning? That would require a
> > larger patch, though... And ignoring the warning hasn't caused any
> > trouble yet. Does anybody know why execvp hates const strings?
>
> execvp takes 'char *const argv[]', not 'const char **argv'.
Also note that for subtle reasons in C, qualifiers after two levels of
indirection end up by definition to incompatible types.
Samuel
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