extern void _bfd_vms_output_short (struct vms_rec_wr *, unsigned);
extern void _bfd_vms_output_long (struct vms_rec_wr *, unsigned long);
extern void _bfd_vms_output_quad (struct vms_rec_wr *, bfd_vma);
-extern void _bfd_vms_output_counted (struct vms_rec_wr *, char *);
-extern void _bfd_vms_output_dump (struct vms_rec_wr *, unsigned char *, int);
+extern void _bfd_vms_output_counted (struct vms_rec_wr *, const char *);
+extern void _bfd_vms_output_dump (struct vms_rec_wr *, const unsigned char *, int);
extern void _bfd_vms_output_fill (struct vms_rec_wr *, int, int);
extern int _bfd_vms_convert_to_var_unix_filename (const char *);