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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:04:30 -0400
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Cc:	ahare AT btinternet DOT com
Subject:	Re: Problems building GDB and Insight-GDB under latest net release
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In-Reply-To:	<087f01bfd316$5e05c180$0100000a@dualbeast>; from ahare@btinternet.com on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 08:58:47PM +0100

On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 08:58:47PM +0100, Andy Hare wrote:
>This occurs in both Insight and GDB. I have looked at the code in question
>and found that the definitions in string.h differ to the definitions in
>strsignal.c. In strsignal.c the function strsignal is defined as a const
>char * but the string.h shows it as a char *. Modifying string.h to const
>char * now allows the stuff to compile. My problem is, should the mods be
>done in string.h or should strstring.c be changed, and thus who needs to
>know of the problem, here or in the GDB lists ?
>
>The code changes for string.h are shown below
>
>Lines 68-73
>>char *_EXFUN(strupr,(char *));
>>#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
>>const char    *_EXFUN(strsignal, (int __signo));
>>int     _EXFUN(strtosigno, (const char *__name));
>>#endif
>>void  _EXFUN(swab,(const void *, void *, ssize_t));

This is already a "const" in sourceware version of newlib, from whence
this file comes, and in the newest cygwin DLL net release.

cgf

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