passing around an int as a void* is a very bad idea

diff --git a/archival/rpm.c b/archival/rpm.c
index 88e7485..7f69f05 100644 (file)
--- a/archival/rpm.c
+++ b/archival/rpm.c
@@ -247,18 +247,15 @@ rpm_index **rpm_gettags(int fd, int *num_tags)
 
 int bsearch_rpmtag(const void *key, const void *item)
 {
+       int *tag = (int *)key;
        rpm_index **tmp = (rpm_index **) item;
-       /* gcc throws warnings here when sizeof(void*)!=sizeof(int) ...
-        * it's ok to ignore it because this isn't a 'real' pointer */
-       return ((int) key - tmp[0]->tag);
+       return (*tag - tmp[0]->tag);
 }
 
 int rpm_getcount(int tag)
 {
        rpm_index **found;
-       /* gcc throws warnings here when sizeof(void*)!=sizeof(int) ...
-        * it's ok to ignore it because tag won't be used as a pointer */
-       found = bsearch((void *) tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
+       found = bsearch(&tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
        if (!found) return 0;
        else return found[0]->count;
 }
@@ -266,9 +263,7 @@ int rpm_getcount(int tag)
 char *rpm_getstring(int tag, int itemindex)
 {
        rpm_index **found;
-       /* gcc throws warnings here when sizeof(void*)!=sizeof(int) ...
-        * it's ok to ignore it because tag won't be used as a pointer */
-       found = bsearch((void *) tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
+       found = bsearch(&tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
        if (!found || itemindex >= found[0]->count) return NULL;
        if (found[0]->type == RPM_STRING_TYPE || found[0]->type == RPM_I18NSTRING_TYPE || found[0]->type == RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE) {
                int n;
@@ -284,7 +279,7 @@ int rpm_getint(int tag, int itemindex)
        int n, *tmpint;
        /* gcc throws warnings here when sizeof(void*)!=sizeof(int) ...
         * it's ok to ignore it because tag won't be used as a pointer */
-       found = bsearch((void *) tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
+       found = bsearch(&tag, mytags, tagcount, sizeof(struct rpmtag *), bsearch_rpmtag);
        if (!found || itemindex >= found[0]->count) return -1;
        tmpint = (int *) (map + found[0]->offset);
        if (found[0]->type == RPM_INT32_TYPE) {