--- ./rpl8.cpp.orig	2007-11-05 22:42:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ./rpl8.cpp	2007-11-05 22:43:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@
 	    if (sense[12] == 0xF7)
 	    {	if (ascq != sense[13])
 		{   switch (ascq=sense[13])
-		    {	case 0: meaning="preparing";		break;
-			case 1: meaning="erasing contents";	break;
-			case 2: meaning="writing contents";	break;
-			case 3: meaning="verifying contents";	break;
-			default:meaning="unknown meaning";	break;
+		    {	case 0: meaning=(char*)"preparing";		break;
+			case 1: meaning=(char*)"erasing contents";	break;
+			case 2: meaning=(char*)"writing contents";	break;
+			case 3: meaning=(char*)"verifying contents";	break;
+			default:meaning=(char*)"unknown meaning";	break;
 		    }
 		    fprintf (stderr,"\"%s\": %s\n",argv[1],meaning);
 		}