Index: tdb/tdbutil.c
===================================================================
--- tdb/tdbutil.c	(revision 9303)
+++ tdb/tdbutil.c	(working copy)
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
-BOOL tdb_pack_append(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, uint8_t **buf, size_t *len,
+BOOL tdb_pack_append(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, char **buf, size_t *len,
 		     const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	if (mem_ctx != NULL)
-		*buf = TALLOC_REALLOC_ARRAY(mem_ctx, *buf, uint8_t,
+		*buf = TALLOC_REALLOC_ARRAY(mem_ctx, *buf, char,
 					    (*len) + len1);
 	else
-		*buf = SMB_REALLOC_ARRAY(*buf, uint8_t, (*len) + len1);
+		*buf = SMB_REALLOC_ARRAY(*buf, char, (*len) + len1);
 
 	if (*buf == NULL)
 		return False;