diff -up festival/speech_tools/speech_class/EST_wave_io.cc.gcc44 festival/speech_tools/speech_class/EST_wave_io.cc

--- festival/speech_tools/speech_class/EST_wave_io.cc.gcc44	2009-02-26 17:26:58.672421948 -0500

+++ festival/speech_tools/speech_class/EST_wave_io.cc	2009-02-26 17:50:02.065661124 -0500

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const char *NIST_END_SIG = "end_h

 int nist_get_param_int(const char *hdr, const char *field, int def_val)

 {

-    char *p;

+    const char *p;

     int val;

     if (((p=strstr(hdr,field)) != NULL) &&

@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ int nist_get_param_int(const char *hdr, 

 char *nist_get_param_str(const char *hdr, const char *field, const char *def_val)

 {

-    char *p,*val;

+    const char *p;

+    char *val;

     int size;

     if (((p=strstr(hdr,field)) != NULL) &&