find/pred.c   |    2 +-
 xargs/xargs.c |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/find/pred.c b/find/pred.c
index 7df37b1..cb61ed2 100644
--- a/find/pred.c
+++ b/find/pred.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ launch (struct buildcmd_control *ctl, void *usercontext, int argc, char **argv)
 	    }
 	}
 
-      if (bc_args_exceed_testing_limit (argv))
+      if (bc_args_exceed_testing_limit ((const char **) argv))
 	errno = E2BIG;
       else
 	execvp (argv[0], argv);
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.c b/xargs/xargs.c
index 4954256..bf48af5 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.c
+++ b/xargs/xargs.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ xargs_do_exec (struct buildcmd_control *ctl, void *usercontext, int argc, char *
 
 	    prep_child_for_exec ();
 
-	    if (bc_args_exceed_testing_limit (argv))
+	    if (bc_args_exceed_testing_limit ((const char **) argv))
 	      errno = E2BIG;
 	    else
 	      execvp (argv[0], argv);
@@ -1135,7 +1135,8 @@ xargs_do_exec (struct buildcmd_control *ctl, void *usercontext, int argc, char *
 		 * utility if we run it, for POSIX compliance on the
 		 * handling of exit values.
 		 */
-		write (fd[1], &errno, sizeof (int));
+		int sink = write (fd[1], &errno, sizeof (int));
+		(void) sink;
 	      }
 
 	    close (fd[1]);