diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index b338a90e429..6dfb0c8700e 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-12-01  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/29433
+	* dwarf2out.c (struct pubname_struct): Make name const.
+	(add_pubtype): Do not xstrdup identifiers.
+
 2006-12-01  Bernd Schmidt  <bernd.schmidt@analog.com>
 
 	* config/bfin/bfin.c (bfin_valid_add): Fix the logic that ensures
diff --git a/gcc/dwarf2out.c b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
index c61f3d8bd92..e853b2fde2e 100644
--- a/gcc/dwarf2out.c
+++ b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ die_node;
 typedef struct pubname_struct GTY(())
 {
   dw_die_ref die;
-  char *name;
+  const char *name;
 }
 pubname_entry;
 
@@ -7358,12 +7358,10 @@ add_pubtype (tree decl, dw_die_ref die)
 	  if (TYPE_NAME (decl))
 	    {
 	      if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (decl)) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
-		e.name = xstrdup ((const char *) IDENTIFIER_POINTER 
-				                              (TYPE_NAME (decl)));
+		e.name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (TYPE_NAME (decl));
 	      else if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (decl)) == TYPE_DECL
 		       && DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (decl)))
-		e.name = xstrdup ((const char *) IDENTIFIER_POINTER 
-				                  (DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (decl))));
+		e.name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (decl)));
              else
 	       e.name = xstrdup ((const char *) get_AT_string (die, DW_AT_name));
 	    }