Re: [PATCH] Fix const warnings on Arch linux with the latest glibc.

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 12:07:03PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:

diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 141947f4..c46a5811 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c

[...]

@@ -1001,7 +1001,8 @@ time_t mutt_parse_date (const char *s, HEADER *h)
         {
           struct tz_t *tz;

-          tz = bsearch (ptz, TimeZones, sizeof TimeZones/sizeof (struct tz_t),
+          tz = (struct tz_t *)bsearch (ptz, TimeZones,
+                        sizeof TimeZones/sizeof (struct tz_t),
                         sizeof (struct tz_t),
                         (int (*)(const void *, const void *)) ascii_strcasecmp
                         /* This is safe to do: A pointer to a struct equals

But, why do we need to cast here?

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Oh, for this one I'm not sure. It was in the patch Rene sent out initially, so I just included it. Rene, can you confirm the need for the cast?

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