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List:       bochs-dev
Subject:    Re: List archive & 991012a/991014a build failures Debian Linux
From:       "Karsten M. Self" <kmself () ix ! netcom ! com>
Date:       1999-10-21 17:05:07
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"Kevin P. Lawton" wrote:
> 
> "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> 
> > > > bx_hard_drive_c::identify_ATAPI_drive(unsigned int)':
> > > > harddrv.cc:1636: passing `unsigned char *' as argument 1 of
> > > > `strlen(const char *)' changes
> > > > signedness
> > > > make[1]: *** [harddrv.o] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/bochs/bochs-991004a/iodev'
> > > > make: *** [iodev/libiodev.a] Error 2
> > >
> > > That might be an effect of tighter prototyping in newer egcs versions.
> > > I'll try to clean those up before the next release.  They evoke
> > > only warnings on my system.  I'm not big on warnings either, but
> > > it wasn't my code and I didn't want to mess with it until we got
> > > it working.
> >
> > Well, it builds fine under my gcc RH 5.2 environment.  That's a pisser
> > 'coz I'm trying to move to Debian....
> >
> > Are there any other Debian-based bochs types out there who know what's
> > going on or could suggest a fix?
> 
> It's a long shot, but if the compiler is complaining about
> signedness, you could cast it to the right signedness
> and be done with it.
> 
> This is what I'll do to fix it.  Can't deviate from what
> I'm doing at the moment.  Will fix it with a matter of
> days though.

I've created a three-line fix that works.  How do I create and submit
the patch?

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