diff -up ./ragel/main.cpp.fedora ./ragel/main.cpp
--- ragel/main.cpp.fedora	2009-04-11 19:19:03.000000000 -0600
+++ ragel/main.cpp	2009-04-11 19:18:34.000000000 -0600
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void processArgs( int argc, const char *
 				printStatistics = true;
 				break;
 			case '-': {
-				char *eq = strchr( pc.paramArg, '=' );
+				char *eq = strchr( (char *)pc.paramArg, '=' );
 
 				if ( eq != 0 )
 					*eq++ = 0;
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ char *makeIntermedTemplate( const char *
 {
 	char *result = 0;
 	const char *templ = "ragel-XXXXXX.xml";
-	char *lastSlash = strrchr( baseFileName, '/' );
+	char *lastSlash = strrchr( (char *)baseFileName, '/' );
 	if ( lastSlash == 0 ) {
 		result = new char[strlen(templ)+1];
 		strcpy( result, templ );