diff --git a/NetworkManager-openswan.spec b/NetworkManager-openswan.spec
index 9c04d5f..cc7a398 100644
--- a/NetworkManager-openswan.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager-openswan.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary:   NetworkManager VPN plug-in for openswan
 Name:      NetworkManager-openswan
 Version:   0.8.0
-Release:   7%{snapshot}%{?dist}
+Release:   8%{snapshot}%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+
 Group:     System Environment/Base
 URL:       http://people.redhat.com/avagarwa/files/NetworkManager-openswan/
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 Patch1: nm-secret-whack.patch
 Patch2: nm-616910.patch
 Patch3: nm-changes.patch
+Patch4: compile-errors.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gtk2-devel
 #BuildRequires: dbus-devel
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --enable-more-warnings=yes
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir %{_datadir}/gnome-vpn-properties/openswan
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 16 2011 Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa@redhat.com> - 0.8.0-8.20100411git
+- fixes for compile time errors
+
 * Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.0-7.20100411git
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/compile-errors.patch b/compile-errors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eedd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile-errors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+diff -urNp NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/auth-dialog/main.c NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/auth-dialog/main.c
+--- NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/auth-dialog/main.c	2011-02-15 10:56:52.192317259 -0500
++++ NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/auth-dialog/main.c	2011-02-16 12:27:03.016111821 -0500
+@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	char *password = NULL, *group_password = NULL;
+ 	char *upw_type = NULL, *gpw_type = NULL;
+ 	char buf[1];
+-	int ret;
+ 	GError *error = NULL;
+ 	GOptionContext *context;
+ 	GOptionEntry entries[] = {
+@@ -357,6 +356,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	fflush (stdout);
+ 
+ 	/* wait for data on stdin  */
+-	ret = fread (buf, sizeof (char), sizeof (buf), stdin);
++	if (fread (buf, sizeof (char), sizeof (buf), stdin) < sizeof(buf) && ferror(stdin)) {
++		fprintf(stderr,"error occured when reading from stdin in main.c in auth-dialog");
++	}
++
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+diff -urNp NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/properties/nm-openswan.c NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/properties/nm-openswan.c
+--- NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/properties/nm-openswan.c	2011-02-15 10:57:24.704317823 -0500
++++ NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/properties/nm-openswan.c	2011-02-16 12:27:47.200862374 -0500
+@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ pw_type_changed_helper (OpenswanPluginUi
+ 	OpenswanPluginUiWidgetPrivate *priv = OPENSWAN_PLUGIN_UI_WIDGET_GET_PRIVATE (self);
+ 	const char *entry = NULL;
+ 	GtkWidget *widget;
+-	GtkTreeModel *model;
+ 
+ 	/* If the user chose "Not required", desensitize and clear the correct
+ 	 * password entry.
+@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ pw_type_changed_helper (OpenswanPluginUi
+ 	widget = glade_xml_get_widget (priv->xml, entry);
+ 	g_assert (widget);
+ 
+-	model = gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (combo));
++	gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (combo));
+ 	switch (gtk_combo_box_get_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (combo))) {
+ 	case PW_TYPE_ASK:
+ 	case PW_TYPE_UNUSED:
+@@ -488,11 +487,10 @@ static guint32
+ handle_one_pw_type (NMSettingVPN *s_vpn, GladeXML *xml, const char *name, const char *key)
+ {
+ 	GtkWidget *widget;
+-	GtkTreeModel *model;
+ 	guint32 pw_type;
+ 
+ 	widget = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, name);
+-	model = gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget));
++	gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget));
+ 
+ 	pw_type = gtk_combo_box_get_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget));
+ 	switch (pw_type) {
+@@ -617,12 +615,11 @@ save_one_password (GladeXML *xml,
+ 	GnomeKeyringResult ret;
+ 	GtkWidget *widget;
+ 	const char *password;
+-	GtkTreeModel *model;
+ 	gboolean saved = FALSE;
+ 
+ 	widget = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, combo);
+ 	g_assert (widget);
+-	model = gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget));
++	gtk_combo_box_get_model (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget));
+ 	if (gtk_combo_box_get_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (widget)) == PW_TYPE_SAVE) {
+ 		widget = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, entry);
+ 		g_assert (widget);
+diff -urNp NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/src/nm-openswan-service.c NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/src/nm-openswan-service.c
+--- NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-cvs-patched/src/nm-openswan-service.c	2011-02-15 10:57:21.422336210 -0500
++++ NetworkManager-openswan-0.8-current/src/nm-openswan-service.c	2011-02-16 12:32:50.003111577 -0500
+@@ -379,11 +379,14 @@ write_config_option (int fd, const char 
+ {
+ 	char * 	string;
+ 	va_list	args;
+-	int		x;
+ 
+ 	va_start (args, format);
+ 	string = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+-	x = write (fd, string, strlen (string));
++
++	if ( write (fd, string, strlen (string)) == -1) {
++	nm_warning ("nm-openswan: error in write_config_option");
++	}
++
+ 	g_free (string);
+ 	va_end (args);
+ }