sysctl: fix gcc warning (false positive)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 23fb16e9e..262574e61 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static int sysctl_handle_preload_file(const char *filename)
 static int sysctl_act_on_setting(char *setting)
 {
         int fd, retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-        char *cptr, *outname, *value;
+        char *cptr, *outname;
+        char *value = value; /* for compiler */
 
         outname = xstrdup(setting);
 
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ static void sysctl_dots_to_slashes(char *name)
          */
         end = name + strlen(name);
         last_good = name - 1;
-        *end = '.'; /* trick the loop in trying full name too */
+        *end = '.'; /* trick the loop into trying full name too */
 
  again:
         cptr = end;