diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 6c482f49fa63..02a5e6c90d99 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-11-19  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
+
+	* java-tree.h (cyclic_inheritance_report): Constify.
+	* parse.y (cyclic_inheritance_report): Likewise.
+
 2000-11-17  Zack Weinberg  <zack@wolery.stanford.edu>
 
 	* parse.y (goal): Remove call to ggc_add_string_root.
diff --git a/gcc/java/java-tree.h b/gcc/java/java-tree.h
index 27533670b9e7..fa898f8a68e4 100644
--- a/gcc/java/java-tree.h
+++ b/gcc/java/java-tree.h
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ extern struct CPool *outgoing_cpool;
 #define wfl_operator \
   java_global_trees[JTI_WFL_OPERATOR]
 
-extern char *cyclic_inheritance_report;
+extern const char *cyclic_inheritance_report;
 
 struct lang_identifier
 {
diff --git a/gcc/java/parse.y b/gcc/java/parse.y
index 8f5eca1862f7..c02648feb7f4 100644
--- a/gcc/java/parse.y
+++ b/gcc/java/parse.y
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int java_warning_count;
 /* Tell when not to fold, when doing xrefs */
 int do_not_fold;
 /* Cyclic inheritance report, as it can be set by layout_class */
-char *cyclic_inheritance_report;
+const char *cyclic_inheritance_report;
  
 /* Tell when we're within an instance initializer */
 static int in_instance_initializer;