diff -ur xpp-1.5.orig/xpp.cxx xpp-1.5/xpp.cxx
--- xpp-1.5.orig/xpp.cxx	2004-12-06 21:00:04.000000000 +0200
+++ xpp-1.5/xpp.cxx	2009-08-09 17:27:01.000000000 +0300
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 	    {	  
 	      char *tmp;
 
-	      if ((tmp = strchr(dest,'/'))) {
+	      if ((tmp = const_cast <char*> (strchr(dest,'/')))) {
 		tmp[0] = '\0';
 		instance = tmp + 1;
 	      }