[tex-k] xdvik and gcc14, pull request / bug report on github texlive-source

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 05:11:06PM +0100, Karl Berry wrote:
>     td> a pointer to the actual pull-request (and patch) would help
> 
> Sam sent the original urls.
> 
> My idea, namely casting to (String *), is in
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2024-February/004011.html.
> But it doesn't help, as Christopher replied:
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2024-February/004012.html
> 
> The combination of changing types in the library and gcc14's
> warning->error change has no easy resolution as far as I can see.
> A configure test is all I can think of:
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2024-February/004013.html
> 
> Maybe there is a simpler way? --thanks, karl.

When I made those changes, I updated XtSpecificationRelease to 7 in
Intrinsic.h -- which you could use fairly reliably in an ifdef.

You'd need a configure-check to decide whether to define _CONST_X_STRING
(to use all of the new const stuff), but just that symbol should do
what you need.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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