diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 6c045d3bb..67caa96ee 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-10-22  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
+
+	* libiberty.h (hex_init): Revert delete.
+
+	* libiberty.h (_hex_value): Const-ify.
+	(hex_init): Delete.
+
 2001-10-16  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* filenames.h: Add cygwin to the list of dosish style path systems.
diff --git a/include/libiberty.h b/include/libiberty.h
index 9501365c6..455643d3a 100644
--- a/include/libiberty.h
+++ b/include/libiberty.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ extern PTR xmemdup PARAMS ((const PTR, size_t, size_t)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 #define _hex_array_size 256
 #define _hex_bad	99
-extern char _hex_value[_hex_array_size];
+extern const char _hex_value[_hex_array_size];
 extern void hex_init PARAMS ((void));
 #define hex_p(c)	(hex_value (c) != _hex_bad)
 /* If you change this, note well: Some code relies on side effects in