diff --git a/include/netchan.h b/include/netchan.h
index d3e5a5e35..0237bb122 100644
--- a/include/netchan.h
+++ b/include/netchan.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void		NET_Init (int port);
 void		NET_Init (int port);
 void		NET_Shutdown (void);
 qboolean	NET_GetPacket (void);
-void		NET_SendPacket (int length, void *data, netadr_t to);
+void		NET_SendPacket (int length, const void *data, netadr_t to);
 
 qboolean	NET_CompareAdr (netadr_t a, netadr_t b);
 qboolean	NET_CompareBaseAdr (netadr_t a, netadr_t b);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ qboolean Netchan_CanPacket (netchan_t *chan);
 qboolean Netchan_CanReliable (netchan_t *chan);
 
 static inline void
-Netchan_SendPacket (int length, void *data, netadr_t to)
+Netchan_SendPacket (int length, const void *data, netadr_t to)
 {
 #if 0
 	if (net_packetlog->int_val)
diff --git a/libs/audio/targets/snd_alsa.c b/libs/audio/targets/snd_alsa.c
index d961e655a..f315e78e0 100644
--- a/libs/audio/targets/snd_alsa.c
+++ b/libs/audio/targets/snd_alsa.c
@@ -126,14 +126,16 @@ SNDDMA_Init (void)
 	int					 bps = -1, stereo = -1;
 	unsigned int		 rate = 0;
 	snd_pcm_hw_params_t	*hw;
+	snd_pcm_hw_params_t	**_hw = &hw;
 	snd_pcm_sw_params_t	*sw;
+	snd_pcm_sw_params_t	**_sw = &sw;
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t	 frag_size;
 
 	if (!load_libasound ())
 		return false;
 
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca (&hw);
-	snd_pcm_sw_params_alloca (&sw);
+	snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca (_hw);
+	snd_pcm_sw_params_alloca (_sw);
 
 	if (snd_device->string[0])
 		pcmname = snd_device->string;
diff --git a/libs/gib/gib_builtin.c b/libs/gib/gib_builtin.c
index a6fa01bf0..1bce71e4a 100644
--- a/libs/gib/gib_builtin.c
+++ b/libs/gib/gib_builtin.c
@@ -178,29 +178,30 @@ GIB_Function_f (void)
 	gib_tree_t *program;
 	gib_function_t *func;
 	int i;
+	int argc = GIB_Argc ();
 	
-	if (GIB_Argc () < 3)
+	if (argc < 3)
 		GIB_USAGE ("name [arg1 arg2 ...] program");
 	else {
 		// Is the function program already tokenized?
-		if (GIB_Argm (GIB_Argc()-1)->delim != '{') {
+		if (GIB_Argm (argc-1)->delim != '{') {
 			// Parse on the fly
 			if (!(program = GIB_Parse_Lines (GIB_Argv
-							(GIB_Argc()-1), 0))) {
+							(argc-1), 0))) {
 				// Error!
 				GIB_Error ("ParseError", "Parse error while defining function '%s'.",
 						   GIB_Argv (1));
 				return;
 			}
 		} else
-			program = GIB_Argm (GIB_Argc()-1)->children;
-		func = GIB_Function_Define (GIB_Argv (1), GIB_Argv (GIB_Argc()-1), program,
+			program = GIB_Argm (argc-1)->children;
+		func = GIB_Function_Define (GIB_Argv (1), GIB_Argv (argc-1), program,
 							 GIB_DATA (cbuf_active)->script,
 							 GIB_DATA (cbuf_active)->globals);
 		llist_flush (func->arglist);
-		for (i = 2; i < GIB_Argc()-1; i++)
+		for (i = 2; i < argc-1; i++)
 			llist_append (func->arglist, strdup (GIB_Argv(i)));
-		func->minargs = GIB_Argc()-2;
+		func->minargs = argc-2;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/net/nc/net_udp.c b/libs/net/nc/net_udp.c
index 69e96c16b..ddb444a3e 100644
--- a/libs/net/nc/net_udp.c
+++ b/libs/net/nc/net_udp.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ NET_GetPacket (void)
 }
 
 void
-NET_SendPacket (int length, void *data, netadr_t to)
+NET_SendPacket (int length, const void *data, netadr_t to)
 {
 	int         ret;
 	struct sockaddr_in addr;
diff --git a/qtv/source/server.c b/qtv/source/server.c
index 3b06e4fc5..08683d191 100644
--- a/qtv/source/server.c
+++ b/qtv/source/server.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ server_getchallenge (connection_t *con, server_t *sv)
 {
 	static const char *getchallenge = "\377\377\377\377getchallenge\n";
 
-	Netchan_SendPacket (strlen (getchallenge), (void *) getchallenge, sv->adr);
+	Netchan_SendPacket (strlen (getchallenge), getchallenge, sv->adr);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/qw/source/sbar.c b/qw/source/sbar.c
index 07c27072f..293d51bcb 100644
--- a/qw/source/sbar.c
+++ b/qw/source/sbar.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Sbar_SortTeams (void)
 		// find his team in the list
 		t[16] = 0;
 		strncpy (t, s->team->value, 16);
-		if (!t || !t[0])
+		if (!t[0])
 			continue;					// not on team
 		for (j = 0; j < scoreboardteams; j++)
 			if (!strcmp (teams[j].team, t)) {
diff --git a/tools/qfmodelgen/source/modelgen.c b/tools/qfmodelgen/source/modelgen.c
index 60558c22a..054342f1c 100644
--- a/tools/qfmodelgen/source/modelgen.c
+++ b/tools/qfmodelgen/source/modelgen.c
@@ -179,8 +179,9 @@ ExpandPath (const char *path)
 {
 	static char full[1024];
 
-	if (!qdir)
-		Sys_Error ("ExpandPath called without qdir set");
+	//FIXME buffer overflow central
+	//if (!qdir)
+	//	Sys_Error ("ExpandPath called without qdir set");
 	if (path[0] == '/' || path[0] == '\\' || path[1] == ':')
 		return path;
 	sprintf (full, "%s%s", qdir, path);