Hi all,
I've just updated my linux system (Debian) and went to compile some code I'm working on. However it causes some problems, presumable because of GCC up dates. I get many of my subject line errors for example

../../common/Version_Control.cpp: In function ‘int VersionControl()’:
../../common/Version_Control.cpp:55: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’

So I check up the error and it comes from my error handler code which is a function

extern void SetError(char *string,int error_number)

The net tells me all I need to do is convert char *string to const char *string, however when I do so and recompile I get the following error

Error_Control.cpp: In function ‘void SetError(const char*, int)’:
Error_Control.cpp:41: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘char*’
make: *** [Error_Control.o] Error 1

So I think I've done exactly what's recommended ? Can anyone advise?
Thanks

Can you post a code sample that replicates the problem as it's hard to see what might be causing this from your post.

Hi yep,
the code for the function call is

SetError("Device firmware change",1);

and the seterror function is

( did use SetError(char *string,int error_number) which caused the deprecated error so changed to)

void SetError(const char *string,int error_number)
{
ERROR_TYPE *ep;
ep=&ErrorHandler;

ep->error_flag=1;
ep->devcice_error=string;

my structure for the device error is (I don't think it has anything to do with this)

typedef struct error_type
{
int error_flag;
int error_number;
int error_data;
int error_suplementry;
char *device_error;

int io_board_started;

int secondary_device_start;
}ERROR_TYPE;

SOLVED sorry it was the line pointing to the structure and char *device_error; which I hadn't changed to const. I thought it was the function call! Feeling stupid.