Index: strhandle.cc
--- strhandle.cc.orig
+++ strhandle.cc
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ char *str_cutat(char *str, char cut)
 /* Like str_cutat, but the beginning of str is copied to buffer at left */
 char *str_splitat(char const * const str, char *left, char cut)
 {
-    char *pos = strchr(str,cut);
+    const char *pos = strchr(str,cut);
     if (!pos) {
         strcpy(left,str);
         return NULL;
     }
     strncpy(left,str,pos-str);
     left[pos-str] = '\0';
-    return pos+1;
+    return const_cast<char *>(pos+1);
 }