Re: [tlug] compilation warnings for unsigned char

[Botond Botyanszki <tlug@example.com>]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:38:30 +1000 (EST)
Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com> wrote:

> >> > xjdserver.c:228: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of
> >> > 'strcpy' differ in signedness
> >> > xjdserver.c:228: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of
> >> > 'strcpy' differ in signedness
> >> 
> >> > Now in that case, both arguments are "unsigned char", so I assume
> >> > the warning is because strcpy's prototype says it should be "char".

> >> try: 
> >> 
> >>    strcpy((char)foo1,(char)foo2);

> Nah. That just gave me even more ugly warnings about converting pointers
> and the like.

What Jim meant was to cast your strings back to char *, he obviously
forgot the pointer though.
 strcpy((char *)dst, (char *)src);

Note that strcpy is evil though, better use strncpy/strlcpy.

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