From: Viktor Szakats <commit@vsz.me>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:38:09 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: build: constify `memchr()`/`strchr()`/etc result variables (cont.)
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build: constify `memchr()`/`strchr()`/etc result variables (cont.)

Assisted-by: Rudi Heitbaum
Fixes #20420
Follow-up to 7dc60bdb90c710c2e36b2d05aa3686ff491a9bbe #20425
Follow-up to 0e2507a3c65376d6bda860ff20bd94ada9bbb9fd #20421

Closes #20428
---

diff --git a/lib/dict.c b/lib/dict.c
index 832da30ce4..fcdea918cf 100644
--- a/lib/dict.c
+++ b/lib/dict.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static CURLcode sendf(struct Curl_easy *data, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 static CURLcode dict_do(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *done)
 {
-  const char *word;
+  char *word;
   char *eword = NULL;
   char *ppath;
   char *database = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/http_digest.c b/lib/http_digest.c
index ccc67f5efc..f5b20c5e9d 100644
--- a/lib/http_digest.c
+++ b/lib/http_digest.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_output_digest(struct Curl_easy *data,
 {
   CURLcode result;
   unsigned char *path = NULL;
-  char *tmp = NULL;
+  const char *tmp = NULL;
   char *response;
   size_t len;
   bool have_chlg;
diff --git a/src/tool_operhlp.c b/src/tool_operhlp.c
index db3365e7f1..035f6b6318 100644
--- a/src/tool_operhlp.c
+++ b/src/tool_operhlp.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ CURLcode add_file_name_to_url(CURL *curl, char **inurlp, const char *filename)
       /* We only want the part of the local path that is on the right
          side of the rightmost slash and backslash. */
       const char *filep = strrchr(filename, '/');
-      char *file2 = strrchr(filep ? filep : filename, '\\');
+      const char *file2 = strrchr(filep ? filep : filename, '\\');
       char *encfile;
 
       if(file2)
diff --git a/src/tool_urlglob.c b/src/tool_urlglob.c
index 6cd8ec176e..4ab37c935f 100644
--- a/src/tool_urlglob.c
+++ b/src/tool_urlglob.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static CURLcode peek_ipv6(const char *str, size_t *skip, bool *ipv6p)
    */
   char hostname[MAX_IP6LEN];
   CURLU *u;
-  char *endbr = strchr(str, ']');
+  const char *endbr = strchr(str, ']');
   size_t hlen;
   CURLUcode rc;
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
diff --git a/src/tool_writeout.c b/src/tool_writeout.c
index f4de98a207..fd0224c32a 100644
--- a/src/tool_writeout.c
+++ b/src/tool_writeout.c
@@ -734,10 +734,10 @@ void ourWriteOut(struct OperationConfig *config, struct per_transfer *per,
       }
       else {
         /* this is meant as a variable to output */
-        char *end;
+        const char *end;
         size_t vlen;
         if('{' == ptr[1]) {
-          struct writeoutvar *wv = NULL;
+          const struct writeoutvar *wv = NULL;
           struct writeoutvar find = { 0 };
           end = strchr(ptr, '}');
           ptr += 2; /* pass the % and the { */
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
index deb24be9dc..c880902940 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ static CURLUcode updateurl(CURLU *u, const char *cmd, unsigned int setflags)
 
   /* make sure the last command ends with a comma too! */
   while(p) {
-    char *e = strchr(p, ',');
+    const char *e = strchr(p, ',');
     if(e) {
       size_t n = (size_t)(e - p);
       char buf[80];
diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index 43813c95f8..297cd58174 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static int sws_ProcessRequest(struct sws_httprequest *req)
 
   if(req->testno == DOCNUMBER_NOTHING) {
     /* check for a Testno: header with the test case number */
-    char *testno = strstr(line, "\nTestno: ");
+    const char *testno = strstr(line, "\nTestno: ");
     if(testno) {
       pval = &testno[9];
       if(!curlx_str_number(&pval, &num, INT_MAX)) {
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int sws_ProcessRequest(struct sws_httprequest *req)
         return 1; /* done */
       }
       else if(strstr(req->reqbuf, "\r\n0\r\n")) {
-        char *last_crlf_char = strstr(req->reqbuf, "\r\n\r\n");
+        const char *last_crlf_char = strstr(req->reqbuf, "\r\n\r\n");
         while(TRUE) {
           if(!strstr(last_crlf_char + 4, "\r\n\r\n"))
             break;