severity 194300 normal reassign 194300 manpages-dev thanks At Thu, 22 May 2003 15:10:59 +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > In /usr/include/arpa/inet.h: > > /* Convert a Internet address in binary network format for interface > type AF in buffer starting at CP to presentation form and place > result in buffer of length LEN astarting at BUF. */ > extern __const char *inet_ntop (int __af, __const void *__restrict __cp, > char *__restrict __buf, socklen_t __len) > __THROW; > > >From the manpage: > > SYNOPSIS > #include <sys/types.h> > #include <sys/socket.h> > #include <arpa/inet.h> > > const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, > char *dst, size_t cnt); > > The last argument, cnt, is the size of the buffer dst, so it should > indeed have type size_t, not socklen_t. Because of this the package vic > FTBFS on architectures where sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(socklen_t).
Manpage does not always tell the right answer. From SUSv3: 19904 SYNOPSIS 19905 #include <arpa/inet.h> 19906 const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *restrict src, 19907 char *restrict dst, socklen_t size); Regards, -- gotom
