diff -Naur kdebindings-4.5.1/python/pykde4/sip/kdecore/typedefs.sip kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/python/pykde4/sip/kdecore/typedefs.sip
--- kdebindings-4.5.1/python/pykde4/sip/kdecore/typedefs.sip	2010-01-20 17:25:59.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/python/pykde4/sip/kdecore/typedefs.sip	2010-10-11 20:59:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -733,61 +733,6 @@
 };
 
 
-%MappedType QList<uint>
-{
-%TypeHeaderCode
-#include <qlist.h>
-%End
-
-%ConvertFromTypeCode
-    // Create the list.
-    PyObject *l;
-
-    if ((l = PyList_New(sipCpp->size())) == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    // Set the list elements.
-    for (int i = 0; i < sipCpp->size(); ++i) {
-        PyObject *pobj;
-
-#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-        if ((pobj = PyLong_FromLong(sipCpp->value(i))) == NULL) {
-#else
-        if ((pobj = PyInt_FromLong(sipCpp->value(i))) == NULL) {
-#endif
-            Py_DECREF(l);
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
-
-        PyList_SET_ITEM(l, i, pobj);
-    }
-
-    return l;
-%End
-
-%ConvertToTypeCode
-    // Check the type if that is all that is required.
-    if (sipIsErr == NULL)
-        return PyList_Check(sipPy);
-
-    QList<uint> *ql = new QList<uint>;
- 
-    for (int i = 0; i < PyList_GET_SIZE(sipPy); ++i) {
-#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-        ql->append(PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GET_ITEM(sipPy, i)));
-#else
-        ql->append(PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GET_ITEM(sipPy, i)));
-#endif        
-    }
-    
-    *sipCppPtr = ql;
- 
-    return sipGetState(sipTransferObj);
-%End
-};
-
-
 template <TYPE*>
 %MappedType QStack<TYPE*>
 {
diff -Naur kdebindings-4.5.1/ruby/CMakeLists.txt kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
--- kdebindings-4.5.1/ruby/CMakeLists.txt	2010-08-27 10:11:01.000000000 +0200
+++ kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/ruby/CMakeLists.txt	2010-10-11 20:55:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
             #include <ruby.h>
             int main() { ruby_init(); return 0; }" RubyCompiles)
         if(RubyCompiles)
-            if(ENABLE_KROSSRUBY AND RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR = 1 AND RUBY_VERSION_MINOR < 9)
+            if(ENABLE_KROSSRUBY AND RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1 AND RUBY_VERSION_MINOR LESS 9)
                 set(BUILD_KrossRuby TRUE)
-            endif(ENABLE_KROSSRUBY AND RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR = 1 AND RUBY_VERSION_MINOR < 9)
+            endif(ENABLE_KROSSRUBY AND RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1 AND RUBY_VERSION_MINOR LESS 9)
         else(RubyCompiles)
             message(STATUS "Failed to compile a C++ program that embeds ruby.")
         endif(RubyCompiles)
diff -Naur kdebindings-4.5.1/ruby/korundum/src/krubypluginfactory.cpp kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/ruby/korundum/src/krubypluginfactory.cpp
--- kdebindings-4.5.1/ruby/korundum/src/krubypluginfactory.cpp	2010-07-07 19:11:01.000000000 +0200
+++ kdebindings-4.5.1-magellan/ruby/korundum/src/krubypluginfactory.cpp	2010-10-11 20:53:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -51,17 +51,18 @@
     VALUE info = rb_gv_get("$!");
     VALUE bt = rb_funcall(info, rb_intern("backtrace"), 0);
     VALUE message = RARRAY_PTR(bt)[0];
+    VALUE obj_string = rb_obj_as_string(info);
 
     QString errormessage = QString("%1: %2 (%3)")
-                            .arg( STR2CSTR(message) )
-                            .arg( STR2CSTR(rb_obj_as_string(info)) )
-                            .arg( rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(info)) );
+                            .arg( QString::fromLatin1(StringValuePtr(message)) )
+                            .arg( QString::fromLatin1(StringValuePtr(obj_string)) )
+                            .arg( QString::fromLatin1(rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(info))) );
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", errormessage.toLatin1().constData());
 
     QString tracemessage;
     for(int i = 1; i < RARRAY_LEN(bt); ++i) {
         if( TYPE(RARRAY_PTR(bt)[i]) == T_STRING ) {
-            QString s = QString("%1\n").arg( STR2CSTR(RARRAY_PTR(bt)[i]) );
+            QString s = QString("%1\n").arg( QString::fromLatin1(StringValuePtr(RARRAY_PTR(bt)[i])) );
             Q_ASSERT( ! s.isNull() );
             tracemessage += s;
             fprintf(stderr, "\t%s", s.toLatin1().constData());