diff -r ede1e450f95a -r a1f40ee48fa8 libpurple/protocols/yahoo/util.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/util.c	Sat Jan 19 00:54:44 2008 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/util.c	Sat Jan 19 04:17:44 2008 +0000
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@
 {
 	GString *gstr = NULL;
 	char *retstr;
-	const char *p;
+	const unsigned char *p;
 
 	gstr = g_string_sized_new(strlen(str) * 6 + 1);
 
-	for (p = str; *p; p++) {
+	for (p = (unsigned char *)str; *p; p++) {
 		g_string_append_printf(gstr, "&#%u;", *p);
 	}