--- a/prim.old	2012-04-18 09:37:15.656620436 +0200
+++ b/prim	2012-04-18 09:37:19.177624128 +0200
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@
 
 newline	( -- c_addr u )	gforth
 ""String containing the newline sequence of the host OS""
-char newline[] = {
+static const char newline[] = {
 #if DIRSEP=='/'
 /* Unix */
 '\n'