> > I run into problems while trying to install Midas on Slackware 14.0.
> 
> b) an actual error in fal.c:
> 
> src/fal.c:131:0: warning: "EQUIPMENT_COMMON_STR" redefined [enabled by default]
> 
> c) actual error in fal.c: assignment into string constant is not permitted: char*x="aaa"; x[0]='c'; // core dump
> 
> src/fal.c:383:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' [-Wwrite-strings]
> 
> these are fixed by making sure all such pointers are "const char*" and the corresponding midas functions are 

the warnings in fal.c are now fixed.

K.O.