[Bug 417811] New: argv should be const in g_spawn declaration

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  glib | general | Ver: unspecified

           Summary: argv should be const in g_spawn declaration
           Product: glib
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: Normal
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: gtkdev at gtk.org
        ReportedBy: lool+gnome at via.ecp.fr
         QAContact: gtkdev at gtk.org
                CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Hi,

Jasen Betts reported in Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/414655:
"""
the declarations of g_spawn_asnyc (etc)
(http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spaw
n-sync)
shold probably have argv and envp declared as

 const gchar ** argv

or even

 const gchar * const * argv

Unless they modify those arrays. (in which case the modifications should be
documented)
"""

Bye,


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