This patch originates from the Debian project, see https://www.debian.org/ 09casting.dpatch by Fix a casting issue. diff -Naur nvi-1.81.6.orig/vi/v_ch.c nvi-1.81.6/vi/v_ch.c --- nvi-1.81.6.orig/vi/v_ch.c 2007-11-18 17:41:42.000000000 +0100 +++ nvi-1.81.6/vi/v_ch.c 2008-05-01 18:14:03.000000000 +0200 @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ endp = (startp = p) + len; p += vp->m_start.cno; for (cnt = F_ISSET(vp, VC_C1SET) ? vp->count : 1; cnt--;) { - while (++p < endp && *p != key); + while (++p < endp && *p != (char) key); if (p == endp) { notfound(sp, key); return (1); @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ endp = p - 1; p += vp->m_start.cno; for (cnt = F_ISSET(vp, VC_C1SET) ? vp->count : 1; cnt--;) { - while (--p > endp && *p != key); + while (--p > endp && *p != (char) key); if (p == endp) { notfound(sp, key); return (1);