2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index 737183de336..3f4e4b1b9ff 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-02-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * emacsclient.c: conform to C89 pointer rules
+        (file_name_absolute_p): Accept const char *, not const unsigned
+        char *, to satisfy C89 rules.
+
 2011-02-02  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * makefile.w32-in (ETAGS_CFLAGS, CTAGS_CFLAGS): Add
diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 27042ebaef2..e5484b987e2 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ unquote_argument (char *str)
 
 
 int
-file_name_absolute_p (const unsigned char *filename)
+file_name_absolute_p (const char *filename)
 {
   /* Sanity check, it shouldn't happen.  */
   if (! filename) return FALSE;
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ file_name_absolute_p (const unsigned char *filename)
 
 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
   /* X:\xxx is always absolute.  */
-  if (isalpha (filename[0])
+  if (isalpha ((unsigned char) filename[0])
       && filename[1] == ':' && (filename[2] == '\\' || filename[2] == '/'))
     return TRUE;