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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.pre.mk (fwd)
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"M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> I've fixed a few of the low hanging fruit, but I don't know how to get
> rid of warnings like:
> 
> const char *foo = "blah";
> char *baz = foo;
> 
> when I know they are safe.

Un-const foo.  The compiler assumes strings are const unless
you go out of your way to do -fwriteable-strings.  It will
fault on a non-writeable page if you try to muck with it.

-- Terry

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