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From: "Thierry S." <tpschneider1@shaw.ca>
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Subject: POSIX Issue: To_Posix_String() generates incorrect data
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Hi,

I am running RH9 (2.4.20-8), with GNAT 3.15p and Florist (compatible version
downloaded from ACT-Europe/Libre) and I am having all sorts of problems with
the POSIX library.

Would anybody have any idea of what is wrong?
I must have setup it up incorrectly, but the INSTALL and README files are
very sparse of information when it comes to solving issues.

I am using a small little program and I implemented the following test:
...
My_String : consatnt string := "/home/tschn/file";
The_Posix_String : constant Posix.Posix_String := Posix.To_Posix_String
(My_String);
To_Posix_And_Back_String : constant string :=
Posix.To_String(The_Posix_String);

... and To_Posix_And_Back_String  is not equal to My_String (it is all
wrong)!!!!

I then implemented the 2 routines myself, and it was very easy and working.
So how come the Florist library gets it wrong?  For sure, I cannot use my
version of the routines as the Posix instances are called all over my
application, and I don't want to modify it.  On top of that, I am sure that
if I wold do this replacement, my trouble would not be over, and the Posix
interface would not work properly anyways.

Again, the issue of function To_Posix_String() is only an illustration of my
problems, the source of them must be somewhere else, like of the ./configure
which may not deal with my version of Linux RH9 well.

Thank you for your help.
Thierry