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-rw-r--r--nix/libutil/util.cc11
-rw-r--r--nix/libutil/util.hh2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc
index dab4235b04..14026ab829 100644
--- a/nix/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc
@@ -897,10 +897,10 @@ pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun,
 }
 
 
-std::vector<const char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
+std::vector<char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
 {
-    std::vector<const char *> res;
-    for (auto & s : ss) res.push_back(s.c_str());
+    std::vector<char *> res;
+    for (auto & s : ss) res.push_back((char *) s.c_str());
     res.push_back(0);
     return res;
 }
@@ -921,12 +921,11 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
 
         Strings args_(args);
         args_.push_front(program);
-        auto cargs = stringsToCharPtrs(args_);
 
         if (searchPath)
-            execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            execvp(program.c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args_).data());
         else
-            execv(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            execv(program.c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args_).data());
 
         throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % program);
     });
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.hh b/nix/libutil/util.hh
index 6a84ed8851..24e16ba36a 100644
--- a/nix/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.hh
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ MakeError(ExecError, Error)
 /* Convert a list of strings to a null-terminated vector of char
    *'s. The result must not be accessed beyond the lifetime of the
    list of strings. */
-std::vector<const char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss);
+std::vector<char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss);
 
 /* Close all file descriptors except stdin, stdout, stderr, and those
    listed in the given set.  Good practice in child processes. */