diff --git a/hawk/Makefile.in b/hawk/Makefile.in
index 002e65f8..6b25e600 100644
--- a/hawk/Makefile.in
+++ b/hawk/Makefile.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_srcdir)/ac/ar-lib \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/config.sub $(top_srcdir)/ac/install-sh \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/missing \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/tap-driver.sh $(top_srcdir)/pkgs/hawk.spec.in \
-	ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub \
+	ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub ac/depcomp \
 	ac/install-sh ac/ltmain.sh ac/missing
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
diff --git a/hawk/lib/fio.c b/hawk/lib/fio.c
index a9d59acc..40d9fa7e 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/fio.c
+++ b/hawk/lib/fio.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ int hawk_fio_init (hawk_fio_t* fio, hawk_gem_t* gem, const hawk_ooch_t* path, in
 	#if defined(HAWK_OOCH_IS_BCH)
 		/* nothing to do */
 	#else
-		if (path_mb != path_mb_buf && path_mb != path) 
+		if (path_mb != path_mb_buf && path_mb != (hawk_bch_t*)path) 
 		{
 			hawk_gem_freemem (fio->gem, path_mb);
 		}
diff --git a/hawk/lib/hawk.h b/hawk/lib/hawk.h
index 8518db5b..da2d5fa0 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/hawk.h
+++ b/hawk/lib/hawk.h
@@ -1695,13 +1695,6 @@ HAWK_EXPORT void hawk_seterruvfmt (
 #	define hawk_seterrvfmt hawk_seterrbvfmt
 #endif
 
-HAWK_EXPORT void hawk_seterror (
-	hawk_t*              hawk,
-	const hawk_loc_t*    errloc,
-	hawk_errnum_t        errnum,
-	const hawk_oocs_t*   errarg
-);
-
 /**
  * The hawk_getopt() function gets the value of an option
  * specified by \a id into the buffer pointed to by \a value.
diff --git a/hawk/lib/rio-prv.h b/hawk/lib/rio-prv.h
index f7ec038b..c82ba583 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/rio-prv.h
+++ b/hawk/lib/rio-prv.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_intoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_in_type_t in_type);
-hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_outtoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_in_type_t out_type);
+hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_outtoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_out_type_t out_type);
 
 int hawk_rtx_readio (
 	hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_in_type_t in_type, 
diff --git a/hawk/lib/rio.c b/hawk/lib/rio.c
index ae3303ba..d6c40674 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/rio.c
+++ b/hawk/lib/rio.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_intoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_in_type_t in_type)
 	return in_type_map[in_type];
 }
 
-hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_outtoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_in_type_t out_type)
+hawk_rio_type_t hawk_rtx_outtoriotype (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, hawk_out_type_t out_type)
 {
 	return out_type_map[out_type];
 }
diff --git a/hawk/lib/run.c b/hawk/lib/run.c
index 178c829d..0c1815d6 100644
--- a/hawk/lib/run.c
+++ b/hawk/lib/run.c
@@ -9801,11 +9801,15 @@ wp_mod_main:
 					if ((fmt[i] != 's' && !HAWK_BYTE_PRINTABLE(curc)) || fmt[i] == 'w' || fmt[i] == 'W')
 					{
 						hawk_bch_t xbuf[3];
+					#if 0 /* the range check isn't needed for hawk_bch_t. it's always <= 0xFF */
+						
 						if (curc <= 0xFF)
 						{
+					#endif
 							if (hawk_becs_ncat(out, HAWK_BT("\\x"), 2) == (hawk_oow_t)-1) goto s_fail;
 							hawk_byte_to_bcstr(curc, xbuf, HAWK_COUNTOF(xbuf), bytetombs_flagged_radix, HAWK_BT('0'));
 							if (hawk_becs_ncat(out, xbuf, 2) == (hawk_oow_t)-1) goto s_fail;
+					#if 0
 						}
 						else if (curc <= 0xFFFF)
 						{
@@ -9829,6 +9833,7 @@ wp_mod_main:
 							hawk_byte_to_bcstr(u32 & 0xFF, xbuf, HAWK_COUNTOF(xbuf), bytetombs_flagged_radix, HAWK_BT('0'));
 							if (hawk_becs_ncat(out, xbuf, 2) == (hawk_oow_t)-1) goto s_fail;
 						}
+					#endif
 					}
 					else
 					{
diff --git a/hawk/mod/mod-sed.c b/hawk/mod/mod-sed.c
index 5bd4aca0..e5883250 100644
--- a/hawk/mod/mod-sed.c
+++ b/hawk/mod/mod-sed.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int fnc_file_to_file (hawk_rtx_t* rtx, const hawk_fnc_info_t* fi)
 
 	/* result = sed::file_to_file ("s/ABC/123/g", input_file, output_file [, option_string]) */
 
-	sed = hawk_sed_openstdwithmmgr(hawk_rtx_getgem(rtx), 0, hawk_rtx_getcmgr(rtx), HAWK_NULL);
+	sed = hawk_sed_openstdwithmmgr(hawk_rtx_getmmgr(rtx), 0, hawk_rtx_getcmgr(rtx), HAWK_NULL);
 	if (sed == HAWK_NULL) 
 	{
 		ret = -2;
@@ -213,14 +213,7 @@ oops:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-typedef struct fnctab_t fnctab_t;
-struct fnctab_t
-{
-	const hawk_ooch_t* name;
-	hawk_mod_sym_fnc_t info;
-};
-
-static fnctab_t fnctab[] =
+static hawk_mod_fnc_tab_t fnctab[] =
 {
 	/* keep this table sorted for binary search in query(). */
 	{ HAWK_T("file_to_file"),  { { 3, 3, HAWK_NULL },    fnc_file_to_file,  0 } },
diff --git a/hawk/pkgs/hawk.spec.in b/hawk/pkgs/hawk.spec.in
index bc6cb870..8461a454 100644
--- a/hawk/pkgs/hawk.spec.in
+++ b/hawk/pkgs/hawk.spec.in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC" ./configure  \
 %endif
 	--with-mysql=yes \
 	--enable-mod-mysql=yes \
+	--enable-mod-sed=yes \
 	--enable-mod-uci=no ##CC=gcc44 CXX=g++44
 
 make
diff --git a/hawk/t/t-005.c b/hawk/t/t-005.c
index e9f6e896..e54767cc 100644
--- a/hawk/t/t-005.c
+++ b/hawk/t/t-005.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static void test1 (void)
 
 	printf ("[%s]\n", HAWK_BECS_PTR(b)); 
 	hawk_becs_close (b);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void test2 (void)
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ static void test2 (void)
 	OK_X (q == 3);
 	OK_X (dst[q] == src[q]);
 	for (i = 0; i < q; i++) OK_X (dst[i] == sxx[i]);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 hawk_bch_t* subst (hawk_bch_t* buf, hawk_oow_t bsz, const hawk_bcs_t* ident, void* ctx)
@@ -105,8 +102,6 @@ static void test3 (void)
 	OK_X (hawk_count_bcstr(ptr) == 29);
 	OK_X (hawk_comp_bcstr(ptr, "USERNAME=sam,GROUPNAME=coders", 0) == 0);
 	free (ptr);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int main ()