diff -r b1744fac67da src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.cc
--- a/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.cc	Wed Aug 13 10:11:41 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/applications/packet-sink/packet-sink.cc	Wed Aug 13 16:38:28 2008 -0400
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void PacketSink::StartApplication()    /
   // Create the socket if not already
   if (!m_socket)
     {
-      m_socket = Socket::CreateSocket (GetNode(), m_tid);
+      m_socket = Socket::CreateSocket (GetNode(), m_tid.GetName ().c_str());
       m_socket->Bind (m_local);
       m_socket->Listen (0);
     }
diff -r b1744fac67da src/core/type-id.h
--- a/src/core/type-id.h	Wed Aug 13 10:11:41 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/core/type-id.h	Wed Aug 13 16:35:06 2008 -0400
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public:
    * No two instances can share the same name. The name is expected to be
    * the full c++ typename of associated c++ object.
    */
-  TypeId (const char * name);
+  explicit TypeId (const char * name);
 
   /**
    * \returns the parent of this TypeId