--- ./apps/polytope/src/lrs_interface.cc.orig	2014-04-04 12:57:29.000000000 -0600
+++ ./apps/polytope/src/lrs_interface.cc	2014-04-07 11:24:05.734648579 -0600
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ struct solver::dictionary {
    {
       // initialize static lrs data
       Lin=0;
-      Q=lrs_alloc_dat(0);
+      Q=lrs_alloc_dat("");
       if (!Q) throw std::bad_alloc();
       Q->m=Inequalities.rows()+Equations.rows();
       Q->n=Inequalities.cols();