Source: nn
Version: 6.7.3-14
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
>From 46885e769883a98efb191f94a2c80a3fa9c29fbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@rhi.hi.is>
>Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:52:48 +0000
>Subject: [PATCH] aux.c: fix the use of a named constant in the declaration of
> an array
A number must be used for the number of elements, otherwise an error:
menu.c:99:17: error: variably modified 'delayed_msg' at file scope
99 | char delayed_msg[NDELAYED_MSG]; /* give to msg() after
redraw */
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@rhi.hi.is>
---
aux.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/aux.c b/aux.c
index 4dec5bf..d5e415b 100644
--- a/aux.c
+++ b/aux.c
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ extern char *temp_file;
extern int novice;
const size_t NDELAYED_MSG = 100; /* size of array "delayed_msg[]" */
-char delayed_msg[NDELAYED_MSG];
+/* A number must be used for the number of elements, otherwise an error:
+
+menu.c:99:17: error: variably modified 'delayed_msg' at file scope
+ 99 | char delayed_msg[NDELAYED_MSG]; *//* give to msg() after
redraw */
+/* | ^~~~~~~~~~~
+*/
+char delayed_msg[100]; /* give to msg() after redraw */
extern char *pager;
extern char *inews_program;
extern int inews_pipe_input;
--
2.30.1
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.9-1 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
-- debconf information excluded
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
