On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 00:31:07 +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Ferenc Wagner <wferi@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'.
Cheers,
Julien
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