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Description of problem:

I asked the Linux C Programming List about this definition:

| The definition is as follows:
| 
| /*@only@*/ poptContext poptGetContext(/*@keep@*/ const char * name,
|        int argc, /*@keep@*/ const char ** argv,
|        /*@keep@*/ const struct poptOption * options, int flags);

This declaration is wrong -- argv is not `const'.  The Standard
says:

    The parameters argc and argv and the strings pointed to by
    the argv array shall be modifiable by the program [...]

| int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

This is a correct declaration.

| popt.c:14: warning: passing arg 3 of `poptGetContext' from
| incompatible pointer type

The diagnostic is correct, given the (incorrect) declaration in
popt.h -- but it's the header that is wrong.

Greg




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[lloy0076@isengard lloy0076]$ rpm -qa | grep popt
popt-1.6.2-8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Compile this:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <popt.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	int rc;
	char *name=malloc(sizeof(char)*256);

	struct poptOption opt[] = {
	{"username", 'u', POPT_ARG_STRING, name, 1}
	};

	poptContext context=poptGetContext(NULL, argc, argv, opt, 0);

	poptGetNextOpt(context);

	poptFreeContext(context);
	return 0;
}

Actual Results:  [lloy0076@isengard c]$ make
gcc -o popt `exec gnome-config --cflags gnome` `exec gnome-config --libs gnome`
popt.c
popt.c: In function `main':
popt.c:13: warning: passing arg 3 of `poptGetContext' from incompatible pointer
type

Expected Results:  
It should have been silent and just made an executable called "popt".

Additional info: