Building with clang 3.8 triggers the following error:
CC virt_host_validate-virt-host-validate-qemu.o
virt-host-validate-qemu.c:36:11: error: initializing 'char *' with an expression
of type 'const char *' discards qualifiers
[-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
char *kvmhint = _("Check that CPU and firmware supports virtualization "
^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
virt-host-validate-qemu.c:46:17: error: assigning to 'char *' from 'const char
*' discards qualifiers [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
kvmhint = _("Check that the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' modules
are "
^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 errors generated.
Fix by using 'const' for kvmhint declaration.
---
Pushed under the build-breaker rule.
tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
index 66377e1..2aa396e 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
int ret = 0;
bool hasHwVirt = false;
bool hasVirtFlag = false;
- char *kvmhint = _("Check that CPU and firmware supports virtualization "
- "and kvm module is loaded");
+ const char *kvmhint = _("Check that CPU and firmware supports virtualization
"
+ "and kvm module is loaded");
if (!(flags = virHostValidateGetCPUFlags()))
return -1;
--
2.7.4