From 85febc57298503845d6505f72edb853bde4842e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nekral-guest <nekral-guest@5a98b0ae-9ef6-0310-add3-de5d479b70d7>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:26:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid setting the password to a const empty string, but set
 the first char to \0. This avoids a warning.

---
 ChangeLog    | 5 +++++
 src/passwd.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8bbd2803..e6443b7e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-06  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* src/passwd.c: Avoid setting the password to a const empty
+	string, but set the first char to \0. This avoids a warning.
+
 2008-01-06  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* libmisc/salt.c: Add prototype for l64a(), gensalt(),
diff --git a/src/passwd.c b/src/passwd.c
index 9c1c6841..a6b5643c 100644
--- a/src/passwd.c
+++ b/src/passwd.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static char *update_crypt_pw (char *cp)
 #endif
 
 	if (dflg)
-		cp = "";	/* XXX warning: const */
+		*cp = '\0';
 
 	if (uflg && *cp == '!') {
 		if (cp[1] == '\0') {