diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index b71fccbd727..97e65aec230 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-2009-10-10  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+2009-10-11  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
 
+	* plugin.c (try_init_one_plugin): Improve constness of variable
+	err.
+
+2009-10-10  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+	
 	* doc/install.texi (Final install): Refer to
 	http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/ for bug reporting.
 
diff --git a/gcc/plugin.c b/gcc/plugin.c
index 414d5783fa5..18b7c8aecad 100644
--- a/gcc/plugin.c
+++ b/gcc/plugin.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ try_init_one_plugin (struct plugin_name_args *plugin)
 {
   void *dl_handle;
   plugin_init_func plugin_init;
-  char *err;
+  const char *err;
   PTR_UNION_TYPE (plugin_init_func) plugin_init_union;
 
   /* We use RTLD_NOW to accelerate binding and detect any mismatch