diff --git a/src/ca/cac.cpp b/src/ca/cac.cpp
index df85787a6..226e74a16 100644
--- a/src/ca/cac.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/cac.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include "autoPtrFreeList.h"
 #include "noopiiu.h"
 
-static const char *pVersionCAC = 
+static const char pVersionCAC[] = 
     "@(#) " EPICS_VERSION_STRING 
     ", CA Client Library " __DATE__;
 
diff --git a/src/cas/generic/caServerI.cc b/src/cas/generic/caServerI.cc
index 76af364a5..fb80a3edf 100644
--- a/src/cas/generic/caServerI.cc
+++ b/src/cas/generic/caServerI.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "casIntfOS.h"
 
 // include a version string for POSIX systems
-static const char * pVersionCAS = 
+static const char pVersionCAS[] = 
     "@(#) " EPICS_VERSION_STRING 
     ", CA Portable Server Library " 
     "$Date$";
diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/devLib.c b/src/libCom/osi/devLib.c
index ce2961239..88839552d 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/devLib.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/devLib.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * .01  06-14-93    joh needs devAllocInterruptVector() routine
  */
 
-static char *sccsID = "@(#) $Id$";
+static const char sccsID[] = "@(#) $Id$";
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/epicsTime.cpp b/src/libCom/osi/epicsTime.cpp
index 264e8d845..4f7cf07b1 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/epicsTime.cpp
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/epicsTime.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "osiSock.h" /* pull in struct timeval */
 #include "epicsStdio.h"
 
-static const char *pEpicsTimeVersion = 
+static const char pEpicsTimeVersion[] = 
     "@(#) " EPICS_VERSION_STRING ", Common Utilities Library " __DATE__;
 
 //
diff --git a/src/misc/epicsRelease.c b/src/misc/epicsRelease.c
index 5c317dfff..f0d9adef2 100644
--- a/src/misc/epicsRelease.c
+++ b/src/misc/epicsRelease.c
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 #define epicsExportSharedSymbols
 #include    "epicsRelease.h"
 
-static const char *id = "@(#) " EPICS_VERSION_STRING ", Misc. Utilities Library" __DATE__;
+static const char id[] = "@(#) " EPICS_VERSION_STRING ", Misc. Utilities Library" __DATE__;
 
 epicsShareFunc int epicsShareAPI coreRelease(void)
 {
     printf ( "############################################################################\n" );
-    printf ( "###  %s\n", "EPICS IOC CORE built on " __DATE__ );
-    printf ( "###  %s\n", epicsReleaseVersion );
+    printf ( "## %s\n", epicsReleaseVersion );
+    printf ( "## %s\n", "EPICS Base built " __DATE__ );
     printf ( "############################################################################\n" );
     return 0;
 }