On 04/25/2015 05:32 PM, Scot Jenkins wrote:
> Pouar <thepo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I get the following compile error if libiconv is installed (which I need)
>>
>> Session.C:1661:18: error: no matching function for call to 'libiconv'
>> if ((ret = iconv(cd, &ip, &ileft, &op, &oleft)) == (size_t) -1) {
>>
>> I managed to work around it by moving /usr/local/include/iconv.h, but
>> then it complained about invalid characters when building
>> programs/localized which I worked around by only building the C locale
>> which got it to compile, but then ttsession segfaulted. I've attached
>> ~/.dt/startlog and a backtrace from gdb to this email from the segfault
>
> I ran into a similar error on the same line when compiling the source
> tarball cde-src-2.2.2.tar.gz on FreeBSD 9.3 i386 32-bit using the OS
> stock gcc 4.2.1 C/C++ compilers.
>
> Session.C: In member function 'int DtMail::Session::csConvert(char**, long
> unsigned int&, int, char*, char*)':
> Session.C:1661: error: invalid conversion from 'const char**' to 'char**'
> Session.C:1661: error: initializing argument 2 of 'size_t libiconv(void*,
> char**, size_t*, char**, size_t*)'
> *** [Session.o] Error code 1
>
>
> I also tried the latest git version of CDE source, build died at the
> same spot with the same error. A web search on the error message
> brought me here:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20984220/invalid-conversion-from-const-char-to-char
>
> I changed line 1661 in
> $BUILDDIR/cde-2.2.2/programs/dtmail/libDtMail/Common/Session.C
> to this (line number display in left margin):
>
> 1661 if ((ret = iconv(cd, const_cast<char**>(&ip), &ileft, &op,
> &oleft)
> ) == (size_t) -1) {
>
>
> This "casts away the const" according to Stroustroup 3rd edition:
> section 10.2.7.1 and 15.4.2.1
>
> Adding the const_cast<char**> and ()'s around &ip allowed Session.C
> to compile. CDE continued building but soon failed with the same
> error on line 1073 of
> $BUILDDIR/cde-2.2.2/programs/dtmail/libDtMail/RFC/RFCBodyPart.C
>
> Again, same fix (line number displayed in left margin):
>
> 1073 ret = iconv(cd, const_cast<char**>(&ip), &ileft, &op, &oleft);
>
> After that CDE built successfully. I've been using it since last
> night and everything seems to work OK so far.
>
> I'm using binary packages for xorg, motif, etc.
> I have this version of iconv package installed: libiconv-1.14_8
> if it matters.
>
> I don't know if my hack is the correct fix but it worked for me.
> Can someone more familiar with the code please tell me if this is
> the correct fix? If so, I'd be happy to submit patches.
>
> scot
Well that fixed the issue with iconv.h, there was also LC_ALL that was
being set in ~/.profile that FreeBSD put there automatically which I
took out which seemed to be causing the "invalid characters", now all
that's left is the segfault
--
Pouar
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