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

"Kevin J. McCarthy" <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:24:56 +0800

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 02:19:31PM +0100, Rene Kita wrote:
>This was actually incorrect. There are still two other problems
>concerning const. I was in a hurry, sorry for that.
>
>util.c: In function ‘imap_parse_path’:
>util.c:368:7: error: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target
>type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
>  368 |     c = strchr (path, '}');
>      |       ^
>util.c: In function ‘imap_get_literal_count’:
>util.c:614:20: error: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target
>type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
>  614 |   if (!buf || !(pc = strchr (buf, '{')))
>      |                    ^
>
>This is in imap/util.c and needs:
>./configure --enable-gpgme --enable-pop --enable-imap \
>  --enable-smtp --enable-hcache --enable-sidebar \
>  --without-included-gettext --with-mailpath=/var/spool/mail \
>  --with-curses --with-ssl --with-sasl --with-idn2
>
>From I quick look I think in the first case we don't need to write to
>*c, but making it const gives another error when passing it to
>url_parse_ciss.

Okay, I will take a look at this more closely tomorrow.  Thanks Rene!

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