martin - i already fixed the problem. please cvs update.

dom

On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 12:41, Gansser, Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this is a workaround for hp-ux 11.00
> 
> diff ispell_checker.cpp ispell_checker.cpp.cln 
> 327c327
> <   snprintf(buf, 1024, (char *)text, szLang);
> ---
> >   snprintf(buf, 1024, text, szLang);
> 
> Martin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dom Lachowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:20 PM
> > To: AbiWord Developer List
> > Subject: RE: abiword-0.99.3: ispell_checker.cpp:327: cannot convert ..
> > on hp-ux 11.00
> > 
> > 
> > > but I didn�t understand, why hpux 10.20 works with the 
> > external GNU snprintf
> > > ?
> > 
> > Because hpux 10.20 didn't supply its own snprintf, so you set up the
> > build system so that GNU snprintf's definition was found (and correct,
> > for that matter). Now you're running into another problem - hpux 11.0
> > decided to include a snprintf function in its library. But the damn
> > fools gave it the wrong prototype.
> > 
> > SO:
> > 
> > 1) Problem 1 - using the HP/UX snprintf won't work because it takes a
> > char * format string instead of a const char * format string. 
> > Bad HP/UX
> > programmers. I forbid you to merge with Compaq...
> > 
> > 2) Problem 2 - using the GNU snprintf on HP/UX 11.0 won't work because
> > now there are 2 definitions of the same function. This is a compiler
> > error.
> > 
> > So HP/UX basically just screwed you by doing a half-assed job when
> > including a snprintf function in their library. Sorry.
> > 
> > > PS: what is bitch-slap ?
> > 
> > Annoy and pester them in a rude way until they do what you 
> > want them to.
> > 
> > Dom
> > 

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