Cast execl*() NULL sentinels to (char *)

The NULL sentinel argument to the execl*() family of calls must be
cast to (char *), as otherwise:

- platforms where NULL is just 0 (not (void *)) would pass an int

- (admittedly esoteric) platforms where NULL is (void *)0 and (void *)
  and (char *) have different memory layouts would pass the wrong kind
  of pointer

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index a9836b00aec8df68e7a615dce83d3c60f73e242f..61ff79839bc4778451425d0ae1cfd199247954a1 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
                if (!path)
                        path = "emacsclient";
                strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
-               execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, NULL);
+               execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
                warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
        }
 }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
                } else
                        path = "kfmclient";
                strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
-               execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, NULL);
+               execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
                warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
        }
 }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
 {
        if (!path)
                path = "man";
-       execlp(path, "man", page, NULL);
+       execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
        warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
 {
        struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
        strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
-       execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, NULL);
+       execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
        warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
 }
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
 {
        const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
        setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
-       execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, NULL);
+       execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
        die("no info viewer handled the request");
 }
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
 #ifndef open_html
 static void open_html(const char *path)
 {
-       execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, NULL);
+       execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
 }
 #endif