rxvt-unicode fails to complie (glibc-2.10.x/gcc-4.4.x)

[omero]

Problem is known, others have a patch. See i.e.: ​http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270694

[omero@pancho-11:~/rxvt-unicode-9.06] $make 2>&1|tee makout.date -I make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/sata/sda8/sx-home/pancho-11/omero/rxvt-unicode-9.06/src' g++ -I.. -I. -I. -I./../libev -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -g -O3 -fno-rtti -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-threadsafe-statics -fno-enforce-eh-specs -w -DDEBUG_STRICT -I/usr/include/libAfterImage -c rxvt.C g++ -I.. -I. -I. -I./../libev -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -g -O3 -fno-rtti -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-threadsafe-statics -fno-enforce-eh-specs -w -DDEBUG_STRICT -I/usr/include/libAfterImage -c background.C background.C: In member function 'bool bgPixmap_t::set_geometry(const char*)': background.C:273: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*' background.C:274: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*' background.C: In member function 'bool bgPixmap_t::set_file(const char*)': background.C:680: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*' make[1]: * [background.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/sata/sda8/sx-home/pancho-11/omero/rxvt-unicode-9.06/src' make: * [all] Error 1

[omero]

make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/sata/sda8/sx-home/pancho-11/omero/rxvt-unicode-9.06/src'
g++ -I.. -I. -I. -I./../libev -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/freetype2   -g -O3 -fno-rtti -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-threadsafe-statics -fno-enforce-eh-specs -w -DDEBUG_STRICT -I/usr/include/libAfterImage -c rxvt.C
g++ -I.. -I. -I. -I./../libev -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/freetype2   -g -O3 -fno-rtti -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-threadsafe-statics -fno-enforce-eh-specs -w -DDEBUG_STRICT -I/usr/include/libAfterImage -c background.C
background.C: In member function 'bool bgPixmap_t::set_geometry(const char*)':
background.C:273: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'
background.C:274: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'
background.C: In member function 'bool bgPixmap_t::set_file(const char*)':
background.C:680: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'
make[1]: *** [background.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/sata/sda8/sx-home/pancho-11/omero/rxvt-unicode-9.06/src'
make: *** [all] Error 1

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

Thanks for the report. Fixed in r8180 by updating rxvt-unicode to 9.07.

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