merge with 3.9i

[gnulib.git] / regex.c

diff --git a/regex.c b/regex.c
index d05493b..4b22b31 100644 (file)
--- a/regex.c
+++ b/regex.c
@@ -2703,8 +2703,9 @@ compile_range (p_ptr, pend, translate, syntax, b)
 
      We also want to fetch the endpoints without translating them; the 
      appropriate translation is done in the bit-setting loop below.  */
-  range_start = ((unsigned const char *) p)[-2];
-  range_end   = ((unsigned const char *) p)[0];
+  /* The SVR4 compiler on the 3B2 had trouble with unsigned const char *.  */
+  range_start = ((const unsigned char *) p)[-2];
+  range_end   = ((const unsigned char *) p)[0];
 
   /* Have to increment the pointer into the pattern string, so the
      caller isn't still at the ending character.  */