diff -Naur alliance-5.0-orig/nero/src/MDefs.h alliance-5.0/nero/src/MDefs.h
--- alliance-5.0-orig/nero/src/MDefs.h	2005-10-10 17:34:05.000000000 +0200
+++ alliance-5.0/nero/src/MDefs.h	2008-11-06 18:29:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 # ifndef  __MDefs__
 # define  __MDefs__  1
 
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 
 # include  "UDefs.h"
 
diff -Naur alliance-5.0-orig/ocp/src/placer/PPlacement.h alliance-5.0/ocp/src/placer/PPlacement.h
--- alliance-5.0-orig/ocp/src/placer/PPlacement.h	2006-03-30 21:07:47.000000000 +0200
+++ alliance-5.0/ocp/src/placer/PPlacement.h	2008-11-06 18:28:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <vector>