static time_t archive_time;
/* tries hard to write, either succeeds or dies in the attempt */
-static void reliable_write(void *buf, unsigned long size)
+static void reliable_write(const void *data, unsigned long size)
{
+ const char *buf = data;
+
while (size > 0) {
long ret = xwrite(1, buf, size);
if (ret < 0) {
* queues up writes, so that all our write(2) calls write exactly one
* full block; pads writes to RECORDSIZE
*/
-static void write_blocked(void *buf, unsigned long size)
+static void write_blocked(const void *data, unsigned long size)
{
+ const char *buf = data;
unsigned long tail;
if (offset) {