2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
index e886a4ed2..c0e6681f2 100644
--- a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
+++ b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ dump_strings(off_t address, off_t end_offset)
    leading '+' return nonzero and set *OFFSET to the offset it denotes.  */
 
 static int
-parse_old_offset(const char *s, off_t *offset)
+parse_old_offset(char *s, off_t *offset)
 {
         static const struct suffix_mult Bb[] ALIGN_SUFFIX = {
                 { "B", 1024 },
@@ -1181,7 +1181,8 @@ parse_old_offset(const char *s, off_t *offset)
                 radix = 16;
 
         *offset = xstrtooff_sfx(s, radix, Bb);
-        if (p) p[0] = '.';
+        if (p)
+                p[0] = '.'; /* undo cheating */
 
         return (*offset >= 0);
 }
@@ -1234,7 +1235,7 @@ int od_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 static const uint8_t doxn_address_pad_len_char[] ALIGN1 = {
                         '7', '7', '6', /* '?' */
                 };
-                char *p;
+                const char *p;
                 int pos;
                 p = strchr(doxn, str_A[0]);
                 if (!p)
diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index 4edcfa9b5..3cd48cfcc 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static char **print_formatted(char *f, char **argv, int *conv_err)
                         /* Add "ll" if integer modifier, then print */
                         {
                                 static const char format_chars[] ALIGN1 = "diouxXfeEgGcs";
-                                char *p = strchr(format_chars, *f);
+                                char *p = (char*)strchr(format_chars, *f);
                                 /* needed - try "printf %" without it */
                                 if (p == NULL || *f == '\0') {
                                         bb_error_msg("%s: invalid format", direc_start);