diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5f58a54dbb..bb24d68a8e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Mar 18 10:34:51 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+	* rdi-share/etherdrv.c: Set sys_errlist[] as char * not const char *.
+
 Fri Mar 13 15:43:53 1998  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
 
         * config/mips/xm-mips.h (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG):  Undefine for Ultrix
diff --git a/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c b/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
index 3c7f25487b..cd0980eecb 100644
--- a/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
+++ b/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
@@ -80,13 +80,9 @@
 
 
 #ifndef COMPILING_ON_WINDOWS
-/* these two might not work for windows */
-  extern int sys_nerr;
-#ifdef __linux__
-  extern const char *const sys_errlist[];
-#else
-  extern char *sys_errlist[];
-#endif
+/* These two might not work for windows.  */
+extern int sys_nerr;
+extern char * sys_errlist[];
 #endif
 
 #ifndef UNUSED