diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 669e62d9f2..3f7ea150a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-04-13  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
+
+	* ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc:
+	Fix compilation by casting string constants.
+
+	* sys/Makefile.am:
+	Fix WININET_DIR variable reference.
+
 2008-04-13  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/common b/common
index d3ace35f57..bdc5172b0b 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d3ace35f57dd196a3e83a0a48f1350ca32db8e39
+Subproject commit bdc5172b0ba183be6d92e58cb51782c23e9f2127
diff --git a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
index c6ed5c6b06..8e203d3ab2 100644
--- a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
+++ b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ static void
 gst_dirac_enc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   static GstElementDetails dirac_enc_details =
-      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Dirac Encoder",
-      "Codec/Encoder/Video",
-      "Encode raw YUV video into Dirac stream",
-      "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ((gchar *) "Dirac Encoder",
+      (gchar *) "Codec/Encoder/Video",
+      (gchar *) "Encode raw YUV video into Dirac stream",
+      (gchar *) "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
diff --git a/sys/Makefile.am b/sys/Makefile.am
index 95ba873955..aa77cd6e01 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.am
+++ b/sys/Makefile.am
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else
 WININET_DIR=
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS = $(DVB_DIR) $(FBDEV_DIR) $(OSS4_DIR) $(QT_DIR) $(VCD_DIR) $(WININET)
+SUBDIRS = $(DVB_DIR) $(FBDEV_DIR) $(OSS4_DIR) $(QT_DIR) $(VCD_DIR) $(WININET_DIR)
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = dvb fbdev dshowdecwrapper dshowsrcwrapper oss4 qtwrapper vcd wininet