POSIX, alpha, strtok() and char *'s...

["s.c. trusty" <alpharht omega croesus net>]

greetings.

my question regards POSIX saying that strtok returns a char *.

on my axp, sizeof(char *) = 8

sizeof(strtok(configToken, \",\")) is 4 (!)

hence, sizeof((char *)strtok(configToken, ",")) = cast to pointer from
                                                  integer of different
                                                  size

what is the typical way to solve/explain this?  i realize this is a
probably old and moldy, but haven't had any luck tracking down the
solution.

thanks any and all in advance,

stuart trusty,
sysadmin,
linux labs
tucson.az.us