Index: wvstreams-4.4.1/include/wvserialize.h
===================================================================
--- wvstreams-4.4.1.orig/include/wvserialize.h	2009-07-28 17:46:50.000000000 +0530
+++ wvstreams-4.4.1/include/wvserialize.h	2009-07-28 17:48:30.000000000 +0530
@@ -348,8 +348,9 @@
  * (zero) character.  Serialized WvStrings are guaranteed not to contain nul
  * except as the last character.
  */
+/*No storage class allowed here as per gcc 4.3 specs*/
 template <>
-extern WvString _wv_deserialize<WvString>(WvBuf &buf);
+WvString _wv_deserialize<WvString>(WvBuf &buf);
 
 
 /** Deserialize a WvBuf. */