10087 - Should be const char when pointing to a const char

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Address Book & Contacts, defect, P3)

Description

[Dan.Oscarsson]

File: mozilla/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsDirPrefs.cpp

Sun's compiler requires that a  char * pointing to a
const char * should be const char *

*** nsDirPrefs.cpp.org  Sun Jul 18 11:55:32 1999
--- nsDirPrefs.cpp      Sun Jul 18 11:55:33 1999
***************
*** 1070,1076 ****
  {
        PRBool rc = PR_FALSE;

!       char *endname =
XP_STRCHR(&fullprefname[PL_strlen(PREF_LDAP_SERVER_TREE_NAME) + 1], '.');
        if (endname)
        {
                char *prefname = (char *)PR_Malloc(endname - fullprefname + 1);
--- 1070,1076 ----
  {
        PRBool rc = PR_FALSE;

!       const char *endname =
XP_STRCHR(&fullprefname[PL_strlen(PREF_LDAP_SERVER_TREE_NAME) + 1], '.');
        if (endname)
        {
                char *prefname = (char *)PR_Malloc(endname - fullprefname + 1);

Comment 1

[hangas]

This is Candice's code I am sending the bug to her.

Comment 2

[chuang]

Fix checked in.(nsDirPrefs.cpp rev. 1.9)

Comment 3

[fenella]

QA has no resource to verify this bug.  Can I have your approval to just mark
it Verified or please advise.
Thanks,
Fenella

Comment 4

[lchiang]

par, can you just verify that the new code is in?

Comment 5

[ppandit]

Line 1185 shows:
const char *endname = XP_STRCHR(&fullprefname[PL_strlen(PREF_LDAP_SERVER_TRE
E_NAME) + 1], '.');

VERIFIED using LXR