[mythtv] Ticket #4422: when linking errors occur while loading plugins, the errors are not displayed correctly

[Simon Kenyon]

MythTV wrote:
> #4422: when linking errors occur while loading plugins, the errors are not
> displayed correctly
> ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  bradley.kite at gmail.com  |        Owner:  awithers
>      Type:  patch                   |       Status:  new     
>  Priority:  minor                   |    Milestone:  unknown 
> Component:  mythtv                  |      Version:  unknown 
>  Severity:  medium                  |   Resolution:          
>   Mlocked:  0                       |  
> ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
> Changes (by Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie>):
>
>   * status:  closed => new
>   * resolution:  fixed =>
>
>
> Comment:
>
>  methinks this broke the build (well it does on windows)
>  here is the error message:
>
>  mythplugin.cpp: In member function `int MythPlugin::init(const char*)':
>
>  mythplugin.cpp:39: error: call of overloaded `QString(DWORD)' is ambiguous
>
>  C:/MSys/1.0/qt-3.3.x-p8/include/qstring.h:409: note: candidates are:
>
>  QString::QString(const std::string&) <near match>
>
>  C:/MSys/1.0/qt-3.3.x-p8/include/qstring.h:406: note:
>
>  QString::QString(const char*) <near match>
>
>  C:/MSys/1.0/qt-3.3.x-p8/include/qstring.h:403: note:
>
>  QString::QString(const QByteArray&)
>
>  C:/MSys/1.0/qt-3.3.x-p8/include/qstring.h:402: note:
>
>  QString::QString(const QString&) <near match>
>
>  C:/MSys/1.0/qt-3.3.x-p8/include/qstring.h:401: note:
>
>  QString::QString(QChar)
>
>   
building now on windows with the change suggested on dev by nigel.
i had to:

a) change sprintf to snprintf because there is no sprintf on mingw
b) include <stdio.h> to get the definition of snprintf()

don't know if it works because the build is borked in 
libs/libmythtv/importicons.cpp

regards
--
simon