diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9e6ac29c8a..d6029cb5b2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-09-18  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/gstinfo.c:
+	* gst/gstinfo.h:
+	  Make some internal API take const gchar * instead of just
+	  gchar * to avoid compiler warnings with g++-4.2.2 when
+	  passing string constants (partially fixes #478092).
+
 2007-09-17  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
 
 	* gst/gstbin.c: (bin_query_latency_fold), (gst_bin_query):
diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.c b/gst/gstinfo.c
index bf9811bf8e..f9a36ca510 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,8 @@ gst_debug_unset_threshold_for_name (const gchar * name)
 }
 
 GstDebugCategory *
-_gst_debug_category_new (gchar * name, guint color, gchar * description)
+_gst_debug_category_new (const gchar * name, guint color,
+    const gchar * description)
 {
   GstDebugCategory *cat;
 
diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.h b/gst/gstinfo.h
index 79ce5bd93f..4cf55f95a4 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.h
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.h
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ void            gst_debug_unset_threshold_for_name  (const gchar * name);
  */
 #define GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC(cat) static GstDebugCategory *cat = NULL
 /* do not use this function, use the macros below */
-GstDebugCategory *_gst_debug_category_new	(gchar *	name,
-						 guint		color,
-						 gchar *	description);
+GstDebugCategory *_gst_debug_category_new (const gchar * name,
+                                           guint         color,
+                                           const gchar * description);
 /**
  * GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT:
  * @cat: the category to initialize.