On 2026-03-03 Tu 6:17 AM, Mahendra Singh Thalor wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 at 14:55, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>> I noticed this cast in the committed code:
>>
>>> + num_total_db = get_dbname_oid_list_from_mfile((char *) inputFileSpec,
>>> &dbname_oid_list);
>> The cast drops the const qualifier from inputFileSpec.
>> get_dbname_oid_list_from_mfile() writes into the space pointed to by its
>> argument, so it's really not "const". (And inputFileSpec points into
>> argv, so this ends up writing directly into argv.)
>>
>> Please see if you can clean this up. It might be best if
>> get_dbname_oid_list_from_mfile() made a copy of its argument that it can
>> write into, and then the argument can be "const".
>>
> Thanks Peter.
>
> Here, I am attaching a patch to fix this issue.
Pushed with a slight tweak.
cheers
andrew
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