trylink: produce even more info about final link stage

trylink: explain how to modify link and drastically decrease amount
  of padding (unfortunately, needs hand editing ATM).
*: add ALIGN1 / ALIGN2 to global strings and arrays of bytes and shorts

size saving: 0.5k

23 files changed, 85 insertions, 81 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cal.c b/coreutils/cal.c
index f8fc0b0d3..37aca00bb 100644
--- a/coreutils/cal.c
+++ b/coreutils/cal.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #define MAXDAYS                 42              /* max slots in a month array */
 #define SPACE                   -1              /* used in day array */
 
-static const unsigned char days_in_month[] = {
+static const unsigned char days_in_month[] ALIGN1 = {
         0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
 };
 
-static const unsigned char sep1752[] = {
+static const unsigned char sep1752[] ALIGN1 = {
                  1,     2,      14,     15,     16,
         17,     18,     19,     20,     21,     22,     23,
         24,     25,     26,     27,     28,     29,     30
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 435b21070..2598a9a7c 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 /* option vars */
-static const char optstring[] = "b:c:f:d:sn";
+static const char optstring[] ALIGN1 = "b:c:f:d:sn";
 #define CUT_OPT_BYTE_FLGS       (1<<0)
 #define CUT_OPT_CHAR_FLGS       (1<<1)
 #define CUT_OPT_FIELDS_FLGS     (1<<2)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE * file)
         }
 }
 
-static const char _op_on_field[] = " only when operating on fields";
+static const char _op_on_field[] ALIGN1 = " only when operating on fields";
 
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int cut_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 5e2bcee3b..5ee70f703 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (!isofmt_arg) {
                         ifmt = 0; /* default is date */
                 } else {
-                        static const char * const isoformats[] =
-                                { "date", "hours", "minutes", "seconds" };
+                        static const char *const isoformats[] = {
+                                "date", "hours", "minutes", "seconds"
+                        };
 
                         for (ifmt = 0; ifmt < 4; ifmt++)
                                 if (!strcmp(isofmt_arg, isoformats[ifmt]))
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 3b4b1d785..b17bb5969 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void dd_output_status(int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED cur_signal)
 }
 
 static ssize_t full_write_or_warn(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len,
-        const char * const filename)
+        const char *const filename)
 {
         ssize_t n = full_write(fd, buf, len);
         if (n < 0)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 FLAG_TWOBUFS = 1 << 3,
                 FLAG_COUNT   = 1 << 4,
         };
-        static const char keywords[] =
+        static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
                 "bs=\0""count=\0""seek=\0""skip=\0""if=\0""of=\0"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
                 "ibs=\0""obs=\0""conv=\0""notrunc\0""sync\0""noerror\0"
diff --git a/coreutils/df.c b/coreutils/df.c
index 82730806e..5154eeb45 100644
--- a/coreutils/df.c
+++ b/coreutils/df.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ int df_main(int argc, char **argv)
         FILE *mount_table;
         struct mntent *mount_entry;
         struct statfs s;
-        static const char hdr_1k[] = "1k-blocks"; /* default display is kilobytes */
+        /* default display is kilobytes */
+        static const char hdr_1k[] ALIGN1 = "1k-blocks";
         const char *disp_units_hdr = hdr_1k;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index cb3e715d9..19748719a 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int one_file_system;
 static dev_t dir_dev;
 
 
-static void print(long size, const char * const filename)
+static void print(long size, const char *const filename)
 {
         /* TODO - May not want to defer error checking here. */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void print(long size, const char * const filename)
 }
 
 /* tiny recursive du */
-static long du(const char * const filename)
+static long du(const char *const filename)
 {
         struct stat statbuf;
         long sum;
diff --git a/coreutils/env.c b/coreutils/env.c
index 3008358ec..dc8667181 100644
--- a/coreutils/env.c
+++ b/coreutils/env.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern char **environ;
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ENV_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char env_longopts[] =
+static const char env_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
         "ignore-environment\0" No_argument       "i"
         "unset\0"              Required_argument "u"
         ;
diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index 6a4683d90..318fee721 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static VALUE *eval7(void)
 
 static VALUE *eval6(void)
 {
-        static const char keywords[] =
+        static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
                 "quote\0""length\0""match\0""index\0""substr\0";
 
         VALUE *r, *i1, *i2;
diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index bffba4043..a48f147a2 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static const char head_opts[] =
+static const char head_opts[] ALIGN1 =
         "n:"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD
         "c:qv"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct suffix_mult head_suffixes[] = {
 };
 #endif
 
-static const char header_fmt_str[] = "\n==> %s <==\n";
+static const char header_fmt_str[] ALIGN1 = "\n==> %s <==\n";
 
 int head_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int head_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
index c2638f492..79cd02036 100644
--- a/coreutils/install.c
+++ b/coreutils/install.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_INSTALL_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char install_longopts[] =
+static const char install_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
         "directory\0"           No_argument       "d"
         "preserve-timestamps\0" No_argument       "p"
         "strip\0"               No_argument       "s"
diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 920fad85e..2b2925557 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ SPLIT_SUBDIR    = 2,
 static smallint show_color;
 /* long option entry used only for --color, which has no short option
  * equivalent */
-static const char ls_color_opt[] =
+static const char ls_color_opt[] ALIGN1 =
         "color\0" Optional_argument "\xff" /* no short equivalent */
         ;
 #else
@@ -710,7 +710,8 @@ static int list_single(struct dnode *dn)
 /* "[-]SXvThw", GNU options, busybox optionally supports */
 /* "[-]K", SELinux mandated options, busybox optionally supports */
 /* "[-]e", I think we made this one up */
-static const char ls_options[] = "Cadil1gnsxAk"
+static const char ls_options[] ALIGN1 =
+        "Cadil1gnsxAk"
         USE_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("cetu")
         USE_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES("SXrv")
         USE_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES("Fp")
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index a6eaa9612..22a070c31 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 /* This is a NOFORK applet. Be very careful! */
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MKDIR_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char mkdir_longopts[] =
+static const char mkdir_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
         "mode\0"    Required_argument "m"
         "parents\0" No_argument       "p"
 #if ENABLE_SELINUX
diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index 415ef55c1..ea6f24ae6 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
-static const char modes_chars[] = { 'p', 'c', 'u', 'b', 0, 1, 1, 2 };
+static const char modes_chars[] ALIGN1 = { 'p', 'c', 'u', 'b', 0, 1, 1, 2 };
 static const mode_t modes_cubp[] = { S_IFIFO, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK };
 
 int mknod_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/coreutils/mv.c b/coreutils/mv.c
index 064407838..4cd0fcfba 100644
--- a/coreutils/mv.c
+++ b/coreutils/mv.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MV_LONG_OPTIONS
-static const char mv_longopts[] =
+static const char mv_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
         "interactive\0" No_argument "i"
         "force\0"       No_argument "f"
         ;
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ static const char mv_longopts[] =
 #define OPT_FILEUTILS_FORCE       1
 #define OPT_FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE 2
 
-static const char fmt[] = "cannot overwrite %sdirectory with %sdirectory";
+static const char fmt[] ALIGN1 =
+        "cannot overwrite %sdirectory with %sdirectory";
 
 int mv_main(int argc, char **argv);
 int mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/coreutils/od.c b/coreutils/od.c
index 00de080b6..114a746fa 100644
--- a/coreutils/od.c
+++ b/coreutils/od.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ odoffset(int argc, char ***argvp)
         }
 }
 
-static const char * const add_strings[] = {
+static const char *const add_strings[] = {
         "16/1 \"%3_u \" \"\\n\"",                               /* a */
         "8/2 \" %06o \" \"\\n\"",                               /* B, o */
         "16/1 \"%03o \" \"\\n\"",                               /* b */
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ static const char * const add_strings[] = {
         "4/4 \"    %011o \" \"\\n\"",                   /* O */
 };
 
-static const char od_opts[] = "aBbcDdeFfHhIiLlOoXxv";
+static const char od_opts[] ALIGN1 = "aBbcDdeFfHhIiLlOoXxv";
 
-static const char od_o2si[] = {
+static const char od_o2si[] ALIGN1 = {
         0, 1, 2, 3, 5,
         4, 6, 6, 7, 8,
         9, 0xa, 0xb, 0xa, 0xa,
diff --git a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
index e30860544..d3c9f9a17 100644
--- a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
+++ b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
@@ -129,20 +129,20 @@ struct tspec {
    10   unsigned decimal
    8    unsigned hexadecimal  */
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_oct_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_oct_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 38, 41, 43};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_signed_dec_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_signed_dec_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35, 37, 40};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_unsigned_dec_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_unsigned_dec_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39};
 
-static const uint8_t bytes_to_hex_digits[] =
+static const uint8_t bytes_to_hex_digits[] ALIGN1 =
 {0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32};
 
 /* Convert enum size_spec to the size of the named type.  */
-static const signed char width_bytes[] = {
+static const signed char width_bytes[] ALIGN1 = {
         -1,
         sizeof(char),
         sizeof(short),
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static char const *const default_file_list[] = { "-", NULL };
 static FILE *in_stream;
 
 #define MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE sizeof(ulonglong_t)
-static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
+static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] ALIGN1 = {
         [sizeof(char)] = CHAR,
 #if USHRT_MAX != UCHAR_MAX
         [sizeof(short)] = SHORT,
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ static unsigned char integral_type_size[MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
 };
 
 #define MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE sizeof(longdouble_t)
-static unsigned char fp_type_size[MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE + 1] = {
+static unsigned char fp_type_size[MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE + 1] ALIGN1 = {
         /* gcc seems to allow repeated indexes. Last one stays */
         [sizeof(longdouble_t)] = FLOAT_LONG_DOUBLE,
         [sizeof(double)] = FLOAT_DOUBLE,
-        [sizeof(float)] = FLOAT_SINGLE,
+        [sizeof(float)] = FLOAT_SINGLE
 };
 
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ print_named_ascii(size_t n_bytes, const char *block,
                 const char *unused_fmt_string ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
         /* Names for some non-printing characters.  */
-        static const char charname[33][3] = {
+        static const char charname[33][3] ALIGN1 = {
                 "nul", "soh", "stx", "etx", "eot", "enq", "ack", "bel",
                 " bs", " ht", " nl", " vt", " ff", " cr", " so", " si",
                 "dle", "dc1", "dc2", "dc3", "dc4", "nak", "syn", "etb",
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
         case 'o':
         case 'u':
         case 'x': {
-                static const char CSIL[] = "CSIL";
+                static const char CSIL[] ALIGN1 = "CSIL";
 
                 c = *s++;
                 p = strchr(CSIL, *s);
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
                 size_spec = integral_type_size[size];
 
                 {
-                        static const char doux[] = "doux";
+                        static const char doux[] ALIGN1 = "doux";
                         static const char doux_fmt_letter[][4] = {
                                 "lld", "llo", "llu", "llx"
                         };
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ decode_one_format(const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
         }
 
         case 'f': {
-                static const char FDL[] = "FDL";
+                static const char FDL[] ALIGN1 = "FDL";
 
                 fmt = FLOATING_POINT;
                 ++s;
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ format_address_none(off_t address ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char c ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 }
 
-static char address_fmt[] = "%0n"OFF_FMT"xc";
+static char address_fmt[] ALIGN1 = "%0n"OFF_FMT"xc";
 /* Corresponds to 'x' above */
 #define address_base_char address_fmt[sizeof(address_fmt)-3]
 /* Corresponds to 'n' above */
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int od_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 OPT_traditional = (1 << 18) * ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG,
         };
 #if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
-        static const char od_longopts[] =
+        static const char od_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
                 "skip-bytes\0"        Required_argument "j"
                 "address-radix\0"     Required_argument "A"
                 "read-bytes\0"        Required_argument "N"
@@ -1268,11 +1268,11 @@ int od_main(int argc, char **argv)
         argc -= optind;
         argv += optind;
         if (opt & OPT_A) {
-                static const char doxn[] = "doxn";
-                static const char doxn_address_base_char[] = {
+                static const char doxn[] ALIGN1 = "doxn";
+                static const char doxn_address_base_char[] ALIGN1 = {
                         'u', 'o', 'x', /* '?' fourth one is not important */
                 };
-                static const uint8_t doxn_address_pad_len_char[] = {
+                static const uint8_t doxn_address_pad_len_char[] ALIGN1 = {
                         '7', '7', '6', /* '?' */
                 };
                 char *p;
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 6371139cb..98c1bc34a 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 */
 
 /* These are sort types */
-static const char OPT_STR[] = "ngMucszbrdfimS:T:o:k:t:";
+static const char OPT_STR[] ALIGN1 = "ngMucszbrdfimS:T:o:k:t:";
 enum {
         FLAG_n  = 1,            /* Numeric sort */
         FLAG_g  = 2,            /* Sort using strtod() */
diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 7c72127c5..0fddea2bb 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define OPT_DEREFERENCE (1<<2)
 #define OPT_SELINUX             (1<<3)
 
-static char buf[sizeof("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.000000000")];
+static char buf[sizeof("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.000000000")] ALIGN1;
 
 static char const * file_type(struct stat const *st)
 {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static char const *human_fstype(long f_type)
         int i;
         static const struct types {
                 long type;
-                const char * const fs;
+                const char *const fs;
         } humantypes[] = {
                 { 0xADFF,     "affs" },
                 { 0x1Cd1,     "devpts" },
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static char const *human_fstype(long f_type)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
 /* print statfs info */
 static void print_statfs(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
-                         const char * const filename, void const *data
+                         const char *const filename, void const *data
                          USE_SELINUX(, security_context_t scontext))
 {
         struct statfs const *statfsbuf = data;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void print_statfs(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
 
 /* print stat info */
 static void print_stat(char *pformat, const size_t buf_len, const char m,
-                       const char * const filename, void const *data
+                       const char *const filename, void const *data
                            USE_SELINUX(, security_context_t scontext))
 {
 #define TYPE_SIGNED(t) (! ((t) 0 < (t) -1))
diff --git a/coreutils/stty.c b/coreutils/stty.c
index fbb72baa9..863f28d92 100644
--- a/coreutils/stty.c
+++ b/coreutils/stty.c
@@ -127,28 +127,28 @@ enum {
         control, input, output, local, combination
 };
 
-static const char evenp     [] = "evenp";
-static const char raw       [] = "raw";
-static const char stty_min  [] = "min";
-static const char stty_time [] = "time";
-static const char stty_swtch[] = "swtch";
-static const char stty_eol  [] = "eol";
-static const char stty_eof  [] = "eof";
-static const char parity    [] = "parity";
-static const char stty_oddp [] = "oddp";
-static const char stty_nl   [] = "nl";
-static const char stty_ek   [] = "ek";
-static const char stty_sane [] = "sane";
-static const char cbreak    [] = "cbreak";
-static const char stty_pass8[] = "pass8";
-static const char litout    [] = "litout";
-static const char cooked    [] = "cooked";
-static const char decctlq   [] = "decctlq";
-static const char stty_tabs [] = "tabs";
-static const char stty_lcase[] = "lcase";
-static const char stty_LCASE[] = "LCASE";
-static const char stty_crt  [] = "crt";
-static const char stty_dec  [] = "dec";
+static const char evenp     [] ALIGN1 = "evenp";
+static const char raw       [] ALIGN1 = "raw";
+static const char stty_min  [] ALIGN1 = "min";
+static const char stty_time [] ALIGN1 = "time";
+static const char stty_swtch[] ALIGN1 = "swtch";
+static const char stty_eol  [] ALIGN1 = "eol";
+static const char stty_eof  [] ALIGN1 = "eof";
+static const char parity    [] ALIGN1 = "parity";
+static const char stty_oddp [] ALIGN1 = "oddp";
+static const char stty_nl   [] ALIGN1 = "nl";
+static const char stty_ek   [] ALIGN1 = "ek";
+static const char stty_sane [] ALIGN1 = "sane";
+static const char cbreak    [] ALIGN1 = "cbreak";
+static const char stty_pass8[] ALIGN1 = "pass8";
+static const char litout    [] ALIGN1 = "litout";
+static const char cooked    [] ALIGN1 = "cooked";
+static const char decctlq   [] ALIGN1 = "decctlq";
+static const char stty_tabs [] ALIGN1 = "tabs";
+static const char stty_lcase[] ALIGN1 = "lcase";
+static const char stty_LCASE[] ALIGN1 = "LCASE";
+static const char stty_crt  [] ALIGN1 = "crt";
+static const char stty_dec  [] ALIGN1 = "dec";
 
 /* Flags for 'struct mode_info' */
 #define SANE_SET 1              /* Set in 'sane' mode                  */
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static const char stty_dec  [] = "dec";
 
 /* Each mode */
 struct mode_info {
-        const char * const name;      /* Name given on command line           */
+        const char *const name;      /* Name given on command line           */
         const unsigned char type;     /* Which structure element to change    */
         const unsigned char flags;    /* Setting and display options          */
         /* were using short here, but ppc32 was unhappy: */
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* Control character settings */
 struct control_info {
-        const char * const name;               /* Name given on command line */
+        const char *const name;               /* Name given on command line */
         const unsigned char saneval;          /* Value to set for 'stty sane' */
         const unsigned char offset;           /* Offset in c_cc */
 };
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ static const char *visible(unsigned ch)
 
 static tcflag_t *mode_type_flag(unsigned type, const struct termios *mode)
 {
-        static const unsigned char tcflag_offsets[] = {
+        static const unsigned char tcflag_offsets[] ALIGN1 = {
                 offsetof(struct termios, c_cflag), /* control */
                 offsetof(struct termios, c_iflag), /* input */
                 offsetof(struct termios, c_oflag), /* output */
-                offsetof(struct termios, c_lflag), /* local */
+                offsetof(struct termios, c_lflag)  /* local */
         };
 
         if (type <= local) {
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static tcflag_t *mode_type_flag(unsigned type, const struct termios *mode)
         return NULL;
 }
 
-static void set_speed_or_die(enum speed_setting type, const char * const arg,
+static void set_speed_or_die(enum speed_setting type, const char *const arg,
                                         struct termios * const mode)
 {
         speed_t baud;
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ enum {
         param_ospeed  = 8 | 0x80,
 };
 
-static int find_param(const char * const name)
+static int find_param(const char *const name)
 {
-        static const char params[] =
+        static const char params[] ALIGN1 =
                 "line\0"    /* 1 */
                 "rows\0"    /* 2 */
                 "cols\0"    /* 3 */
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 01469169a..ec21c4234 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
         return r;
 }
 
-static const char header_fmt[] = "\n==> %s <==\n";
+static const char header_fmt[] ALIGN1 = "\n==> %s <==\n";
 
 static unsigned eat_num(const char *p)
 {
diff --git a/coreutils/tr.c b/coreutils/tr.c
index 594571833..6a34e3087 100644
--- a/coreutils/tr.c
+++ b/coreutils/tr.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static unsigned int expand(const char *arg, char *buffer)
         unsigned i; /* XXX: FIXME: use unsigned char? */
         unsigned char ac;
 #define CLO ":]\0"
-        static const char classes[] =
+        static const char classes[] ALIGN1 =
                 "alpha"CLO "alnum"CLO "digit"CLO "lower"CLO "upper"CLO "space"CLO
                 "blank"CLO "punct"CLO "cntrl"CLO;
 #define CLASS_invalid 0 /* we increment the retval */
diff --git a/coreutils/uname.c b/coreutils/uname.c
index a934c15f4..8f07f1960 100644
--- a/coreutils/uname.c
+++ b/coreutils/uname.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ typedef struct {
         char processor[8];                      /* for "unknown" */
 } uname_info_t;
 
-static const char options[] = "snrvmpa";
-static const unsigned short int utsname_offset[] = {
+static const char options[] ALIGN1 = "snrvmpa";
+static const unsigned short utsname_offset[] ALIGN2 = {
         offsetof(uname_info_t,name.sysname),
         offsetof(uname_info_t,name.nodename),
         offsetof(uname_info_t,name.release),
diff --git a/coreutils/uniq.c b/coreutils/uniq.c
index adc196b97..a7caef991 100644
--- a/coreutils/uniq.c
+++ b/coreutils/uniq.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static const char uniq_opts[] = "cdu" "f:s:" "cdu\0\1\2\4";
+static const char uniq_opts[] ALIGN1 = "cdu" "f:s:" "cdu\0\1\2\4";
 
 static FILE *xgetoptfile_uniq_s(char **argv, int read0write2)
 {