i686-linux-android libc and libstd disagree on c_char

[dten]

So std lib seems to be wrong about this. but what to do? a lot of things just don't compile (looking at openssl) because of CString and CStr

libstd says that c_char is u8
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/b1363a73ede57ae595f3a1be2bb75d308ba4f7f6/src/libstd/os/raw.rs#L15

libc says that c_char is i8
https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/blob/master/src/unix/notbsd/android/b32/x86.rs#L1

[malbarbo]

This was fixed when rust libc was update to 0.2.21. See rust-lang/rust#40903.

Using rustc nightly (2017-03-29) should make your code compile.

[dten]

Such timing! I'll give it a try

[dten]

it works 👍