diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 55a1134e3d..2299e6418f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-12  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
+
+	* utils.c (gdb_realpath): Make rp a constant pointer.
+
 2002-11-12  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
 
 	* utils.c (gdb_realpath): Rewrite.  Try, in order: realpath() with
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index b2a1d1810b..62e4020eb3 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ gdb_realpath (const char *filename)
 #  define USE_REALPATH
 # endif
 # if defined (USE_REALPATH)
-    char *rp = realpath (filename, buf);
+    const char *rp = realpath (filename, buf);
     if (rp == NULL)
       rp = filename;
     return xstrdup (rp);