diff --git a/src/error.c b/src/error.c
index bbdce7306d12dfb87df03b2da183d79a63d328ce..a5d86a35098bbf6773df08efa0d34e094e97e253 100644
--- a/src/error.c
+++ b/src/error.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "gc.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: error.c,v 1.65 2000/12/01 08:09:46 hubbe Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: error.c,v 1.66 2000/12/04 19:38:26 mast Exp $");
 
 #undef ATTRIBUTE
 #define ATTRIBUTE(X)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ PMOD_EXPORT struct svalue throw_value = { PIKE_T_INT };
 int throw_severity;
 static const char *in_error;
 
-PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void low_error(char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn))
+PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void low_error(const char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn))
 {
   push_error(buf);
   free_svalue(& throw_value);
diff --git a/src/pike_error.h b/src/pike_error.h
index 71bad6abaa74ffcb527fc57f5f033b4e561c5bbb..f85a18d2aa275727e64e191e55419fae9b2b3f08 100644
--- a/src/pike_error.h
+++ b/src/pike_error.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \*/
 
 /*
- * $Id: pike_error.h,v 1.2 2000/12/01 09:07:29 hubbe Exp $
+ * $Id: pike_error.h,v 1.3 2000/12/04 19:38:26 mast Exp $
  */
 #ifndef ERROR_H
 #define ERROR_H
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ PMOD_EXPORT void pike_gdb_breakpoint(void);
 PMOD_EXPORT JMP_BUF *init_recovery(JMP_BUF *r DEBUG_LINE_ARGS);
 PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void pike_throw(void) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 PMOD_EXPORT void push_error(char *description);
-PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void low_error(char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
+PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void low_error(const char *buf) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 void va_error(const char *fmt, va_list args) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));
 PMOD_EXPORT DECLSPEC(noreturn) void new_error(const char *name, const char *text, struct svalue *oldsp,
 	       INT32 args, const char *file, int line) ATTRIBUTE((noreturn));