diff --git a/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c b/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c
index 4c2289ce16..04445f14dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c,v 1.25 1998/09/01 04:26:55 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/index/indexam.c,v 1.26 1998/09/02 23:05:21 momjian Exp $
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
  *		index_open		- open an index relation by relationId
@@ -190,23 +190,7 @@ index_insert(Relation relation,
 	specificResult = (InsertIndexResult)
 		fmgr(procedure, relation, datum, nulls, heap_t_ctid, heapRel, NULL);
 
-	/* ----------------
-	 *	the insert proc is supposed to return a "specific result" and
-	 *	this routine has to return a "general result" so after we get
-	 *	something back from the insert proc, we allocate a
-	 *	"general result" and copy some crap between the two.
-	 *
-	 *	As far as I'm concerned all this result shit is needlessly c
-	 *	omplicated and should be eliminated.  -cim 1/19/91
-	 *
-	 *	mao concurs.  regardless of how we feel here, however, it is
-	 *	important to free memory we don't intend to return to anyone.
-	 *	2/28/91
-	 *
-	 *	this "general result" crap is now gone. -ay 3/6/95
-	 * ----------------
-	 */
-
+	/* must be pfree'ed */
 	return specificResult;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c b/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
index f685bf3e79..ad31265f50 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c,v 1.29 1998/09/01 16:21:47 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c,v 1.30 1998/09/02 23:05:23 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ CatalogIndexInsert(Relation *idescs,
 	HeapTuple	index_tup;
 	TupleDesc	heapDescriptor;
 	Form_pg_index index_form;
-	Datum		datum;
+	Datum		datum[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
+	char		nulls[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 	int			natts;
 	AttrNumber *attnumP;
 	FuncIndexInfo finfo,
 			   *finfoP;
-	char		nulls[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 	int			i;
 
 	heapDescriptor = RelationGetDescr(heapRelation);
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ CatalogIndexInsert(Relation *idescs,
 					   (AttrNumber *) index_form->indkey,
 					   heapTuple,
 					   heapDescriptor,
-					   &datum,
+					   datum,
 					   nulls,
 					   finfoP);
 
-		indexRes = index_insert(idescs[i], &datum, nulls,
+		indexRes = index_insert(idescs[i], datum, nulls,
 								&heapTuple->t_ctid, heapRelation);
 		if (indexRes)
 			pfree(indexRes);
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 9898f58188..d40f7d5055 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.80 1998/09/01 04:28:05 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.81 1998/09/02 23:05:25 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ failed to add item with len = %u to page %u (free space %u, nusd %u, noff %u)",
 					iresult = index_insert(Irel[i],
 										   idatum,
 										   inulls,
-										   &(newtup->t_ctid),
+										   &newtup->t_ctid,
 										   onerel);
 					if (iresult)
 						pfree(iresult);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index f97776941c..e95bdce23e 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.27 1998/09/01 04:30:37 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.28 1998/09/02 23:05:27 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ MakeTargetEntryAttr(ParseState *pstate,
 	int			resdomno;
 	List	   *attrs = att->attrs;
 	TargetEntry *tent;
-	Oid			relid;
 
 	attrname = strVal(lfirst(att->attrs));
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
index f266789c88..2e63408eaa 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.33 1998/09/01 04:31:47 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.34 1998/09/02 23:05:30 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static struct ONEXIT
 
 static int	on_proc_exit_index,
 			on_shmem_exit_index;
-static void IpcConfigTip(void);
 
 typedef struct _PrivateMemStruct
 {
@@ -739,6 +738,7 @@ LockIsFree(int lockid)
 
 #endif	 /* HAS_TEST_AND_SET */
 
+#ifdef NOT_USED
 static void
 IpcConfigTip(void)
 {
@@ -746,3 +746,4 @@ IpcConfigTip(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "shared memory or System V IPC semaphore configuration.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "See the FAQ for more detailed information\n");
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c b/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c
index 2496bdfdc1..577a859077 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c,v 1.18 1998/09/01 04:32:14 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/pquery.c,v 1.19 1998/09/02 23:05:34 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ ProcessQueryDesc(QueryDesc *queryDesc)
 	Query	   *parseTree;
 	Plan	   *plan;
 	int			operation;
-	char	   *tag;
+	char	   *tag = NULL;
 	EState	   *state;
 	TupleDesc	attinfo;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/trace.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/trace.c
index 291bff798c..527f041e09 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/trace.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/trace.c
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ static char *opt_names[] = {
  */
 int			pg_options[NUM_PG_OPTIONS] = {0};
 
-static int	openlog_done = 0;
-
 /*
  * Print a timestamp and a message to stdout if the trace flag
  * indexed by the flag value is set.