id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2277	Invalid assignment void* to iovec::iov_base on the Solaris	Simon Atanasyan <atanasyan@…>	chris_kohlhoff	"On the Solaris following test case cannot be compiled by Sun C++.

{{{
% cat test.cc
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
int main()
{
    return 0;
};
}}}
{{{
% CC -V -c -library=stlport4 -I$BOOST test.cc
CC: Sun C++ 5.9 SunOS_sparc Patch 124863-06 2008/07/08
$BOOST/boost/asio/detail/socket_ops.hpp"", line 218: Error: Cannot assign void* to char*.
$BOOST/boost/asio/detail/socket_ops.hpp"", line 229: Error: Cannot assign void* to char*.
$BOOST/boost/asio/detail/descriptor_ops.hpp"", line 66: Error: Cannot assign void* to char*.
$BOOST/boost/asio/detail/descriptor_ops.hpp"", line 72: Error: Cannot assign void* to char*.
}}}
The problem exists in the 1.35, 1.36 and trunk.

On the Solaris while code compiled by Sun C++ iovec::iov_base field has type caddr_t, which is a typedef, usually for char*. So it is impossible to assign void* to it without explicit cast.

Suggested patch is attached."	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	asio	Boost Development Trunk	Problem	fixed