Bug 12962

Summary: XPM files without static const generated
Product: xorg Reporter: arne.schmitz
Component: Lib/XpmAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: low CC: jesserayadkins
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description arne.schmitz 2007-10-26 11:05:19 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
With g++ >= 4.2 XPM files generated with the libxpm will throw warnings:

warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Save a XPM with the gimp
2. Include the XPM in a small C-program
3. Compile the program with gcc >= 4.2


Actual results:
warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' 

Expected results:
no warning

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
The XPM files should export as

static const char * ...

instead of

static char * ...
Comment 1 Alan Coopersmith 2007-11-05 18:18:09 UTC 
The XPM format definition specifies "static char*" and the current libXpm code
looks for that string, so adding const would require updating the spec and 
generating XPM's that break old parsers.
Comment 2 Jesse Adkins 2010-11-30 22:17:45 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> The XPM format definition specifies "static char*" and the current libXpm code
> looks for that string, so adding const would require updating the spec and 
> generating XPM's that break old parsers.

This sounds like an effective WONTFIX. So closing. Reopen if I'm wrong.

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