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Subject: Re: mmdb vs. gcc4.3
From: Tim Gruene tg {- at -} SHELX {- dot -} UNI-AC {- dot -} GWDG {- dot -} DE
Date: 2008-06-04

I am not sure I fully understood the problem. Shouldn't using the
std::string member function c_str() circumvent the warning message?
Tim

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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Kevin Cowtan wrote:

> It's a known issue.
>
> (The technical issue is that Coot uses STL strings which can return a const
> char*, whereas mmdb uses pstr which is typedef'ed to a const char*. From gcc
> 4.3 these are no longer equivalent for some reason.).
>
> For now it is just a warning, so you can ignore it. We're looking into a
> proper fix.
>
> Debreczeni, Judit wrote:
>> Dear all [mmdb users and authors],
>>
>> I've upgraded to Fedora 9 and now I'm trying to build coot which also
>> requires mmdb. Now, F9 comes with gcc 4.3 which seems to be
>> incompatible with mmdb (I think I'm using mmdb-1.0.8) as it gives many
>> hundreds of the following (and others):
>>
>> warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
>>
>>
>> Is this a known issue? Is there a way to get a quick fix?
>>
>> Suggestions, fixes etc most welcome.
>>
>> JED
>>
>>
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>>
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