diff -ur jabberd14-1.6.1.1.orig/jabberd/lib/xmlnode.cc jabberd14-1.6.1.1/jabberd/lib/xmlnode.cc
--- jabberd14-1.6.1.1.orig/jabberd/lib/xmlnode.cc	2007-04-07 22:43:18.000000000 +0300
+++ jabberd14-1.6.1.1/jabberd/lib/xmlnode.cc	2009-08-09 20:42:19.000000000 +0300
@@ -910,8 +910,8 @@
     }
 
     /* separate this step from the next one, and check for a predicate in this step */
-    start_predicate = strchr(path, '[');
-    next_step = strchr(path, '/');
+    start_predicate = const_cast<char*> (strchr(path, '['));
+    next_step = const_cast<char*> (strchr(path, '/'));
     if (start_predicate == NULL && next_step == NULL) {
 	this_step = pstrdup(p, path);
     } else if (start_predicate == NULL || start_predicate > next_step && next_step != NULL) {
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@
     if (lang != NULL && strchr(lang, '-') != NULL) {
 	snprintf(general_lang, sizeof(general_lang), "%s", lang);
 	if (strchr(lang, '-') != NULL) {
-	    strchr(lang, '-')[0] = 0;
+	    const_cast<char*> (strchr(lang, '-'))[0] = 0;
 	} else {
 	    general_lang[0] = 0;
 	}
diff -ur jabberd14-1.6.1.1.orig/jabberd/log.cc jabberd14-1.6.1.1/jabberd/log.cc
--- jabberd14-1.6.1.1.orig/jabberd/log.cc	2007-07-20 16:56:59.000000000 +0300
+++ jabberd14-1.6.1.1/jabberd/log.cc	2009-08-09 20:47:12.000000000 +0300
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     char *pos, c = '\0';
     if(zone != NULL && debug__zones != NULL)
     {
-	pos = strchr(zone,'.');
+	pos = const_cast<char*> (strchr(zone,'.'));
         if(pos != NULL)
         {
             c = *pos;