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