installation warnings

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
install

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I get warning messages:

sudo python setup.py install
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Assuming Minuit directory is: ../Minuit-1_7_9
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running install
running build
running build_ext
building 'minuit' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I../Minuit-1_7_9 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c 
minuit.cpp -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/minuit.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for 
Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:86:1: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp: In function ‘PyObject* minuit_Minuit_contour(minuit_Minuit*, 
PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
minuit.cpp:1090:74: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:1090:74: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:1090:74: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:1090:74: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp: In function ‘PyObject* minuit_Minuit_matrix(minuit_Minuit*, 
PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
minuit.cpp:1379:62: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp:1379:62: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
minuit.cpp: In function ‘PyObject* moduleinit()’:
minuit.cpp:1579:75: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 
‘char*’
g++ -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions 
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/minuit.o -L../Minuit-1_7_9/src/.libs -llcg_Minuit 
-o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/minuit.so
running install_lib
copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/minuit.so -> 
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
running install_egg_info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyMinuit-1.2.1.egg-info
~/bin/pyminuit > cd
~ > python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53) 
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import minuit
>>> 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 17 Oct 2011 at 10:05