diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd8789e2..b7efbebc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 2011-11-13  Paul Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
+	* file.c (file_timestamp_cons): Match up data types to avoid warnings.
+	* filedef.h: Ditto.
+	* misc.c (concat): Ditto.
+	* read.c (eval): Assign value to avoid warnings.
+	* function.c (func_shell_base): Use fork() instead of vfork() to
+	avoid warnings.
+	* make.h (INTEGER_TYPE_SIGNED): Use <=0 to avoid warnings.
+	Fixes Savannah bug #34608.
+
 	* job.c (construct_command_argv): Remove _p.
 	(construct_command_argv_internal): Remove _ptr.
 	Fixes Savannah bug #32567.
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 93212d1c..0979845b 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -788,9 +788,10 @@ set_command_state (struct file *file, enum cmd_state state)
 /* Convert an external file timestamp to internal form.  */
 
 FILE_TIMESTAMP
-file_timestamp_cons (const char *fname, time_t s, int ns)
+file_timestamp_cons (const char *fname, time_t stamp, long int ns)
 {
   int offset = ORDINARY_MTIME_MIN + (FILE_TIMESTAMP_HI_RES ? ns : 0);
+  FILE_TIMESTAMP s = stamp;
   FILE_TIMESTAMP product = (FILE_TIMESTAMP) s << FILE_TIMESTAMP_LO_BITS;
   FILE_TIMESTAMP ts = product + offset;
 
diff --git a/filedef.h b/filedef.h
index 173e7538..07a68cc9 100644
--- a/filedef.h
+++ b/filedef.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void print_file_data_base (void);
     * 302 / 1000) \
    + 1 + 1 + 4 + 25)
 
-FILE_TIMESTAMP file_timestamp_cons (char const *, time_t, int);
+FILE_TIMESTAMP file_timestamp_cons (char const *, time_t, long int);
 FILE_TIMESTAMP file_timestamp_now (int *);
 void file_timestamp_sprintf (char *p, FILE_TIMESTAMP ts);
 
diff --git a/function.c b/function.c
index 42a0193f..a8b9609e 100644
--- a/function.c
+++ b/function.c
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ func_shell_base (char *o, char **argv, int trim_newlines)
   if (pid < 0)
     perror_with_name (error_prefix, "spawn");
 # else /* ! __EMX__ */
-  pid = vfork ();
+  pid = fork ();
   if (pid < 0)
     perror_with_name (error_prefix, "fork");
   else if (pid == 0)
diff --git a/make.h b/make.h
index f5fece5e..5eb49752 100644
--- a/make.h
+++ b/make.h
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ unsigned int get_path_max (void);
 # define USHRT_MAX 65535
 #endif
 
-/* Nonzero if the integer type T is signed.  */
-#define INTEGER_TYPE_SIGNED(t) ((t) -1 < 0)
+/* Nonzero if the integer type T is signed.
+   Use <= to avoid GCC warnings about always-false expressions.  */
+#define INTEGER_TYPE_SIGNED(t) ((t) -1 <= 0)
 
 /* The minimum and maximum values for the integer type T.
    Use ~ (t) 0, not -1, for portability to 1's complement hosts.  */
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 607e2a7e..7b5beb5e 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ concat (num, va_alist)
 {
   static unsigned int rlen = 0;
   static char *result = NULL;
-  int ri = 0;
+  unsigned int ri = 0;
 
 #if USE_VARIADIC
   va_list args;
diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index 58423f52..451f395e 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ eval (struct ebuffer *ebuf, int set_default)
   char *depstr = 0;
   long nlines = 0;
   int two_colon = 0;
-  char prefix;
+  char prefix = cmd_prefix;
   const char *pattern = 0;
   const char *pattern_percent;
   struct floc *fstart;