Why do I get this error?

[Waldo Bastian]

>>  > /usr/local/src/kdelibs/kabc/plugins/ldap/resourceldap.cpp: In method
>>  > `bool KABC::ResourceLDAP::open()':
>>  > /usr/local/src/kdelibs/kabc/plugins/ldap/resourceldap.cpp:98: cannot
>>  > convert `QCString()' from type `QCString' to type `char *'
>>
>>  Does an explicit cast like
>>    (char*)mHost.local8Bit()
>>  or
>>    (const char*)mHost.local8Bit()
>>  help?
>
>This must be a gccism... the (char *) fails with the same error, but the
>(const char *) only gives a warning of discarded qualifiers...

QCString can be cast to const char* but not to char *. You probably need:
   const_cast<char*>(mHost.local8Bit().data());

Cheers,
Waldo