diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index cf771f96c..fb79c7bca 100644
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ config FEATURE_TAR_NOPRESERVE_TIME
 	default n
 	depends on TAR
 	help
-	  With this option busybox supports GNU tar -m (do not preserve time) option.
+	  With this option busybox supports GNU tar -m
+	  (do not preserve time) option.
 
 endif #tar
 
diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index e7544474b..6c898b793 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -509,15 +509,10 @@ static int sortcmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 
 	/* Make dif fit into an int */
 	if (sizeof(dif) > sizeof(int)) {
-		if (sizeof(dif) == sizeof(int)*2) {
-			/* typical on many arches */
-			if (dif != 0) {
-				dif = 1 | (int)((uoff_t)dif >> (sizeof(int)*8));
-			}
-		} else {
-			while ((dif & ~(off_t)INT_MAX) != 0) {
-				dif >>= (sizeof(int)*8 / 2);
-			}
+		enum { BITS_TO_SHIFT = 8 * (sizeof(dif) - sizeof(int)) };
+		/* shift leaving only "int" worth of bits */
+		if (dif != 0) {
+			dif = 1 | (int)((uoff_t)dif >> BITS_TO_SHIFT);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/unarchive.h b/include/unarchive.h
index e3afb8af9..8bfc92cbe 100644
--- a/include/unarchive.h
+++ b/include/unarchive.h
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ typedef struct archive_handle_t {
 	off_t offset;
 
 	/* Archiver specific. Can make it a union if it ever gets big */
-#if ENABLE_TAR
+#if ENABLE_TAR || ENABLE_DPKG || ENABLE_DPKG_DEB
 	smallint tar__end;
 # if ENABLE_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
 	char* tar__longname;
 	char* tar__linkname;
 # endif
 #endif
-#if ENABLE_CPIO
+#if ENABLE_CPIO || ENABLE_RPM2CPIO || ENABLE_RPM
 	uoff_t cpio__blocks;
 	struct hardlinks_t *cpio__hardlinks_to_create;
 	struct hardlinks_t *cpio__created_hardlinks;
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 810009ae8..9a9b5bb91 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -1516,13 +1516,13 @@ static char* FAST_FUNC endofname(const char *name)
 	}
 	return p;
 }
+#endif
 
 static void FAST_FUNC set_local_var_from_halves(const char *name, const char *val)
 {
 	char *var = xasprintf("%s=%s", name, val);
 	set_local_var(var, /*flags:*/ 0, /*lvl:*/ 0, /*ro:*/ 0);
 }
-#endif
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/util-linux/fbset.c b/util-linux/fbset.c
index dc3245baf..2769a371a 100644
--- a/util-linux/fbset.c
+++ b/util-linux/fbset.c
@@ -189,17 +189,17 @@ static const struct cmdoptions_t {
 #endif
 };
 
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
 /* taken from linux/fb.h */
 enum {
-	FB_VMODE_INTERLACED = 1,        /* interlaced */
-	FB_VMODE_DOUBLE = 2,            /* double scan */
 	FB_SYNC_HOR_HIGH_ACT = 1,       /* horizontal sync high active */
 	FB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH_ACT = 2,      /* vertical sync high active */
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
+	FB_VMODE_INTERLACED = 1,        /* interlaced */
+	FB_VMODE_DOUBLE = 2,            /* double scan */
 	FB_SYNC_EXT = 4,                /* external sync */
 	FB_SYNC_COMP_HIGH_ACT = 8,      /* composite sync high active */
-};
 #endif
+};
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
 static void ss(uint32_t *x, uint32_t flag, char *buf, const char *what)