diff --git a/db/mork/src/morkEnv.cpp b/db/mork/src/morkEnv.cpp
index 0374bb3d84a..8ea18f118f9 100644
--- a/db/mork/src/morkEnv.cpp
+++ b/db/mork/src/morkEnv.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ mork_size
 morkEnv::TokenAsHex(void* outBuf, mork_token inToken)
   // TokenAsHex() is the same as sprintf(outBuf, "%lX", (long) inToken);
 {
-  static const char* morkEnv_kHexDigits = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+  static const char morkEnv_kHexDigits[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
   char* p = (char*) outBuf;
   char* end = p + 32; // write no more than 32 digits for safety
   if ( inToken )
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ morkEnv::CantMakeWhenBadError()
   this->NewError("can't make an object when ev->Bad()");
 }
 
-static const char* morkEnv_kNilPointer = "nil pointer";
+static const char morkEnv_kNilPointer[] = "nil pointer";
 
 void
 morkEnv::NilPointerError()
diff --git a/db/mork/src/morkFile.cpp b/db/mork/src/morkFile.cpp
index bf5711addf3..a1e2f6d0045 100644
--- a/db/mork/src/morkFile.cpp
+++ b/db/mork/src/morkFile.cpp
@@ -269,17 +269,17 @@ morkFile::NewFileErrnoError(morkEnv* ev) const
 // ````` ````` ````` ````` newlines ````` ````` ````` `````  
 
 #if defined(MORK_MAC)
-       static const char* morkFile_kNewlines = 
+       static const char morkFile_kNewlines[] = 
        "\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015\015";
 #      define morkFile_kNewlinesCount 16
 #else
 #  if defined(MORK_WIN) || defined(MORK_OS2)
-       static const char* morkFile_kNewlines = 
+       static const char morkFile_kNewlines[] = 
        "\015\012\015\012\015\012\015\012\015\012\015\012\015\012\015\012";
 #    define morkFile_kNewlinesCount 8
 #  else
 #    if defined(MORK_UNIX) || defined(MORK_BEOS)
-       static const char* morkFile_kNewlines = 
+       static const char morkFile_kNewlines[] = 
        "\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012\012";
 #      define morkFile_kNewlinesCount 16
 #    endif /* MORK_UNIX || MORK_BEOS */
diff --git a/db/mork/src/morkNode.cpp b/db/mork/src/morkNode.cpp
index 958f7fb1918..6480c83deec 100644
--- a/db/mork/src/morkNode.cpp
+++ b/db/mork/src/morkNode.cpp
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ morkNode::CutWeakRef(morkEnv* ev)
   return outRefs;
 }
 
-static const char* morkNode_kBroken = "broken";
+static const char morkNode_kBroken[] = "broken";
 
 /*public non-poly*/ const char*
 morkNode::GetNodeAccessAsString() const // e.g. "open", "shut", etc.
diff --git a/db/mork/src/morkStream.cpp b/db/mork/src/morkStream.cpp
index 56b938da68f..69e345bc866 100644
--- a/db/mork/src/morkStream.cpp
+++ b/db/mork/src/morkStream.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ morkStream::CloseStream(morkEnv* ev) // called by CloseMorkNode();
   
 #define morkStream_kSpacesPerIndent 1 /* one space per indent */
 #define morkStream_kMaxIndentDepth 70 /* max indent of 70 space bytes */
-static const char* morkStream_kSpaces // next line to ease length perception
+static const char morkStream_kSpaces[] // next line to ease length perception
 = "                                                                        ";
 // 123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_
 // morkStream_kSpaces above must contain (at least) 70 spaces (ASCII 0x20)
diff --git a/db/mork/src/morkWriter.cpp b/db/mork/src/morkWriter.cpp
index 245b12b3094..a51145567c1 100644
--- a/db/mork/src/morkWriter.cpp
+++ b/db/mork/src/morkWriter.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ morkWriter::WriteMore(morkEnv* ev) // call until IsWritingDone() is true
   return ev->Good();
 }
 
-static const char* morkWriter_kHexDigits = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+static const char morkWriter_kHexDigits[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
 mork_size
 morkWriter::WriteYarn(morkEnv* ev, const mdbYarn* inYarn)