diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index adcaed2ef3..1297bb5ff1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-12-16  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* ext/esd/esdmon.c: (gst_esdmon_open_audio):
+	* ext/esd/esdsink.c: (gst_esdsink_prepare):
+	* gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c:
+          change some char* into char[]
+
 2005-12-16  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c: (gst_wavparse_reset),
diff --git a/ext/esd/esdmon.c b/ext/esd/esdmon.c
index eaa8b09736..58111057e7 100644
--- a/ext/esd/esdmon.c
+++ b/ext/esd/esdmon.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static gboolean
 gst_esdmon_open_audio (GstEsdmon * src)
 {
   /* Name used by esound for this connection. */
-  const char *connname = "GStreamer";
+  const char connname[] = "GStreamer";
 
   /* Bitmap describing audio format. */
   esd_format_t esdformat = ESD_STREAM | ESD_PLAY;
diff --git a/ext/esd/esdsink.c b/ext/esd/esdsink.c
index 5f4836d05d..1f4a93404a 100644
--- a/ext/esd/esdsink.c
+++ b/ext/esd/esdsink.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ gst_esdsink_prepare (GstAudioSink * asink, GstRingBufferSpec * spec)
   GstEsdSink *esdsink = GST_ESDSINK (asink);
 
   /* Name used by esound for this connection. */
-  const char *connname = "GStreamer";
+  const char connname[] = "GStreamer";
 
   /* Bitmap describing audio format. */
   esd_format_t esdformat = ESD_STREAM | ESD_PLAY;
diff --git a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
index 389f23932d..83214235b8 100644
--- a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
+++ b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct _GstMultipartDemuxClass
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_multipart_demux_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_multipart_demux_debug
 
-static gchar *toFind = "--ThisRandomString\nContent-type: ";
+static gchar toFind[] = "--ThisRandomString\nContent-type: ";
 static gint toFindLen;
 
 /* elementfactory information */