diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 71f439f..77c678c 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -846,10 +846,13 @@
 /* Returns a ptr to static storage */
 extern char *pw_encrypt(const char *clear, const char *salt);
 extern int obscure(const char *old, const char *newval, const struct passwd *pwdp);
-extern int index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key);
-extern int index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key);
-extern int index_in_substr_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key);
-extern int index_in_substrings(const char *strings, const char *key);
+
+int index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key);
+int index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key);
+int index_in_substr_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key);
+int index_in_substrings(const char *strings, const char *key);
+const char *nth_string(const char *strings, int n);
+
 extern void print_login_issue(const char *issue_file, const char *tty);
 extern void print_login_prompt(void);
 
diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index 731d3d8..7b5ce85 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -67,3 +67,12 @@
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
+
+const char *nth_string(const char *strings, int n)
+{
+        while (n) {
+                n--;
+                strings += strlen(strings) + 1;
+        }
+        return strings;
+}
diff --git a/miscutils/adjtimex.c b/miscutils/adjtimex.c
index 67dd0a9..07f0834 100644
--- a/miscutils/adjtimex.c
+++ b/miscutils/adjtimex.c
@@ -14,34 +14,46 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <sys/timex.h>
 
-static const struct {
-	int bit;
-	const char *name;
-} statlist[] = {
-	{ STA_PLL,       "PLL"       },
-	{ STA_PPSFREQ,   "PPSFREQ"   },
-	{ STA_PPSTIME,   "PPSTIME"   },
-	{ STA_FLL,       "FFL"       },
-	{ STA_INS,       "INS"       },
-	{ STA_DEL,       "DEL"       },
-	{ STA_UNSYNC,    "UNSYNC"    },
-	{ STA_FREQHOLD,  "FREQHOLD"  },
-	{ STA_PPSSIGNAL, "PPSSIGNAL" },
-	{ STA_PPSJITTER, "PPSJITTER" },
-	{ STA_PPSWANDER, "PPSWANDER" },
-	{ STA_PPSERROR,  "PPSERROR"  },
-	{ STA_CLOCKERR,  "CLOCKERR"  },
-	{ 0, NULL }
+static const uint16_t statlist_bit[] = {
+	STA_PLL,
+	STA_PPSFREQ,
+	STA_PPSTIME,
+	STA_FLL,
+	STA_INS,
+	STA_DEL,
+	STA_UNSYNC,
+	STA_FREQHOLD,
+	STA_PPSSIGNAL,
+	STA_PPSJITTER,
+	STA_PPSWANDER,
+	STA_PPSERROR,
+	STA_CLOCKERR,
+	0
 };
+static const char statlist_name[] =
+	"PLL"       "\0"
+	"PPSFREQ"   "\0"
+	"PPSTIME"   "\0"
+	"FFL"       "\0"
+	"INS"       "\0"
+	"DEL"       "\0"
+	"UNSYNC"    "\0"
+	"FREQHOLD"  "\0"
+	"PPSSIGNAL" "\0"
+	"PPSJITTER" "\0"
+	"PPSWANDER" "\0"
+	"PPSERROR"  "\0"
+	"CLOCKERR"
+;
 
-static const char *const ret_code_descript[] = {
-	"clock synchronized",
-	"insert leap second",
-	"delete leap second",
-	"leap second in progress",
-	"leap second has occurred",
+static const char ret_code_descript[] =
+	"clock synchronized" "\0"
+	"insert leap second" "\0"
+	"delete leap second" "\0"
+	"leap second in progress" "\0"
+	"leap second has occurred" "\0"
 	"clock not synchronized"
-};
+;
 
 int adjtimex_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int adjtimex_main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -52,7 +64,7 @@
 	unsigned opt;
 	char *opt_o, *opt_f, *opt_p, *opt_t;
 	struct timex txc;
-	int i, ret, sep;
+	int i, ret;
 	const char *descript;
 	txc.modes=0;
 
@@ -81,33 +93,42 @@
 
 	ret = adjtimex(&txc);
 
-	if (ret < 0) perror("adjtimex");
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		bb_perror_nomsg_and_die();
+	}
 
-	if (!(opt & OPT_quiet) && ret>=0) {
+	if (!(opt & OPT_quiet)) {
+		int sep;
+		const char *name;
+
 		printf(
 			"    mode:         %d\n"
 			"-o  offset:       %ld\n"
 			"-f  frequency:    %ld\n"
 			"    maxerror:     %ld\n"
 			"    esterror:     %ld\n"
-			"    status:       %d ( ",
+			"    status:       %d (",
 		txc.modes, txc.offset, txc.freq, txc.maxerror,
 		txc.esterror, txc.status);
 
 		/* representative output of next code fragment:
 		   "PLL | PPSTIME" */
-		sep=0;
-		for (i=0; statlist[i].name; i++) {
-			if (txc.status & statlist[i].bit) {
-				if (sep) fputs(" | ",stdout);
-				fputs(statlist[i].name,stdout);
-				sep=1;
+		name = statlist_name;
+		sep = 0;
+		for (i = 0; statlist_bit[i]; i++) {
+			if (txc.status & statlist_bit[i]) {
+				if (sep)
+					fputs(" | ", stdout);
+				fputs(name, stdout);
+				sep = 1;
 			}
+			name += strlen(name) + 1;
 		}
 
 		descript = "error";
-		if (ret >= 0 && ret <= 5) descript = ret_code_descript[ret];
-		printf(" )\n"
+		if (ret <= 5)
+			descript = nth_string(ret_code_descript, ret);
+		printf(")\n"
 			"-p  timeconstant: %ld\n"
 			"    precision:    %ld\n"
 			"    tolerance:    %ld\n"
@@ -119,5 +140,6 @@
 		txc.precision, txc.tolerance, txc.tick,
 		(long)txc.time.tv_sec, (long)txc.time.tv_usec, ret, descript);
 	}
-	return (ret<0);
+
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index c8129d7..93b1aac 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -491,15 +491,6 @@
 	return err_dma;
 }
 
-static const char *nth_str(const char *strings, int n)
-{
-	while (n) {
-		n--;
-		strings += strlen(strings) + 1;
-	}
-	return strings;
-}
-
 static const char pkt_str[] ALIGN1 =
 	"Direct-access device" "\0"             /* word 0, bits 12-8 = 00 */
 	"Sequential-access device" "\0"         /* word 0, bits 12-8 = 01 */
@@ -710,7 +701,7 @@
 	} else if (!(val[GEN_CONFIG] & NOT_ATAPI)) {
 		dev = ATAPI_DEV;
 		eqpt = (val[GEN_CONFIG] & EQPT_TYPE) >> SHIFT_EQPT;
-		printf("ATAPI %s, with ", eqpt <= 0xf ? nth_str(pkt_str, eqpt) : "unknown");
+		printf("ATAPI %s, with ", eqpt <= 0xf ? nth_string(pkt_str, eqpt) : "unknown");
 		like_std = 3;
 	} else
 		/* "Unknown device type:\n\tbits 15&14 of general configuration word 0 both set to 1.\n" */
@@ -748,7 +739,7 @@
 		if (val[MINOR] && (val[MINOR] <= MINOR_MAX)) {
 			if (like_std < 3) like_std = 3;
 			std = actual_ver[val[MINOR]];
-			if (std) printf("\n\tUsed: %s ", nth_str(minor_str, val[MINOR]));
+			if (std) printf("\n\tUsed: %s ", nth_string(minor_str, val[MINOR]));
 
 		}
 		/* looks like when they up-issue the std, they obsolete one;
@@ -847,7 +838,7 @@
 		jj = val[GEN_CONFIG] >> 1;
 		for (ii = 1; ii < 15; ii++) {
 			if (jj & 0x0001)
-				printf("\t%s\n", nth_str(ata1_cfg_str, ii));
+				printf("\t%s\n", nth_string(ata1_cfg_str, ii));
 			jj >>=1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1070,7 +1061,7 @@
 		jj = val[CMDS_SUPP_0];
 		kk = val[CMDS_EN_0];
 		for (ii = 0; ii < NUM_CMD_FEAT_STR; ii++) {
-			const char *feat_str = nth_str(cmd_feat_str, ii);
+			const char *feat_str = nth_string(cmd_feat_str, ii);
 			if ((jj & 0x8000) && (*feat_str != '\0')) {
 				printf("\t%s\t%s\n", (kk & 0x8000) ? "   *" : "", feat_str);
 			}
@@ -1088,7 +1079,7 @@
 	}
 	/* Removable Media Status Notification feature set */
 	if ((val[RM_STAT] & RM_STAT_BITS) == RM_STAT_SUP)
-		printf("\t%s supported\n", nth_str(cmd_feat_str, 27));
+		printf("\t%s supported\n", nth_string(cmd_feat_str, 27));
 
 	/* security */
 	if ((eqpt != CDROM) && (like_std > 3)
@@ -1100,7 +1091,7 @@
 		jj = val[SECU_STATUS];
 		if (jj) {
 			for (ii = 0; ii < NUM_SECU_STR; ii++) {
-				printf("\t%s\t%s\n", (!(jj & 0x0001)) ? "not" : "", nth_str(secu_str, ii));
+				printf("\t%s\t%s\n", (!(jj & 0x0001)) ? "not" : "", nth_string(secu_str, ii));
 				jj >>=1;
 			}
 			if (val[SECU_STATUS] & SECU_ENABLED) {
@@ -1182,13 +1173,13 @@
 				id->model, id->fw_rev, id->serial_no);
 	for (i = 0; i <= 15; i++) {
 		if (id->config & (1<<i))
-			printf(" %s", nth_str(cfg_str, i));
+			printf(" %s", nth_string(cfg_str, i));
 	}
 	printf(" }\n RawCHS=%u/%u/%u, TrkSize=%u, SectSize=%u, ECCbytes=%u\n"
 			" BuffType=(%u) %s, BuffSize=%ukB, MaxMultSect=%u",
 				id->cyls, id->heads, id->sectors, id->track_bytes,
 				id->sector_bytes, id->ecc_bytes,
-				id->buf_type, nth_str(BuffType, (id->buf_type > 3) ? 0 : id->buf_type),
+				id->buf_type, nth_string(BuffType, (id->buf_type > 3) ? 0 : id->buf_type),
 				id->buf_size/2, id->max_multsect);
 	if (id->max_multsect) {
 		printf(", MultSect=");
@@ -1294,7 +1285,7 @@
 	if ((id->minor_rev_num && id->minor_rev_num <= 31)
 	 || (id->major_rev_num && id->minor_rev_num <= 31)
 	) {
-		printf("\n Drive conforms to: %s: ", (id->minor_rev_num <= 31) ? nth_str(minor_str, id->minor_rev_num) : "unknown");
+		printf("\n Drive conforms to: %s: ", (id->minor_rev_num <= 31) ? nth_string(minor_str, id->minor_rev_num) : "unknown");
 		if (id->major_rev_num != 0x0000 &&  /* NOVAL_0 */
 		    id->major_rev_num != 0xFFFF) {  /* NOVAL_1 */
 			for (i = 0; i <= 15; i++) {
diff --git a/networking/ifconfig.c b/networking/ifconfig.c
index 3dcb118..fff5f5d 100644
--- a/networking/ifconfig.c
+++ b/networking/ifconfig.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 
 struct arg1opt {
 	const char *name;
-	int selector;
+	unsigned short selector;
 	unsigned short ifr_offset;
 };
 
@@ -183,70 +183,70 @@
 #define ifreq_offsetof(x)  offsetof(struct ifreq, x)
 
 static const struct arg1opt Arg1Opt[] = {
-	{"SIOCSIFMETRIC",  SIOCSIFMETRIC,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_metric)},
-	{"SIOCSIFMTU",     SIOCSIFMTU,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_mtu)},
-	{"SIOCSIFTXQLEN",  SIOCSIFTXQLEN,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_qlen)},
-	{"SIOCSIFDSTADDR", SIOCSIFDSTADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_dstaddr)},
-	{"SIOCSIFNETMASK", SIOCSIFNETMASK, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_netmask)},
-	{"SIOCSIFBRDADDR", SIOCSIFBRDADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_broadaddr)},
+	{ "SIFMETRIC",  SIOCSIFMETRIC,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_metric) },
+	{ "SIFMTU",     SIOCSIFMTU,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_mtu) },
+	{ "SIFTXQLEN",  SIOCSIFTXQLEN,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_qlen) },
+	{ "SIFDSTADDR", SIOCSIFDSTADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_dstaddr) },
+	{ "SIFNETMASK", SIOCSIFNETMASK, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_netmask) },
+	{ "SIFBRDADDR", SIOCSIFBRDADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_broadaddr) },
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
-	{"SIOCSIFHWADDR",  SIOCSIFHWADDR,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_hwaddr)},
+	{ "SIFHWADDR",  SIOCSIFHWADDR,  ifreq_offsetof(ifr_hwaddr) },
 #endif
-	{"SIOCSIFDSTADDR", SIOCSIFDSTADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_dstaddr)},
+	{ "SIFDSTADDR", SIOCSIFDSTADDR, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_dstaddr) },
 #ifdef SIOCSKEEPALIVE
-	{"SIOCSKEEPALIVE", SIOCSKEEPALIVE, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_data)},
+	{ "SKEEPALIVE", SIOCSKEEPALIVE, ifreq_offsetof(ifr_data) },
 #endif
 #ifdef SIOCSOUTFILL
-	{"SIOCSOUTFILL",   SIOCSOUTFILL,   ifreq_offsetof(ifr_data)},
+	{ "SOUTFILL",   SIOCSOUTFILL,   ifreq_offsetof(ifr_data) },
 #endif
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
-	{"SIOCSIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.mem_start)},
-	{"SIOCSIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.base_addr)},
-	{"SIOCSIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.irq)},
+	{ "SIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.mem_start) },
+	{ "SIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.base_addr) },
+	{ "SIFMAP",     SIOCSIFMAP,     ifreq_offsetof(ifr_map.irq) },
 #endif
 	/* Last entry if for unmatched (possibly hostname) arg. */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
-	{"SIOCSIFADDR",    SIOCSIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr)}, /* IPv6 version ignores the offset */
-	{"SIOCDIFADDR",    SIOCDIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr)}, /* IPv6 version ignores the offset */
+	{ "SIFADDR",    SIOCSIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr) }, /* IPv6 version ignores the offset */
+	{ "DIFADDR",    SIOCDIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr) }, /* IPv6 version ignores the offset */
 #endif
-	{"SIOCSIFADDR",    SIOCSIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr)},
+	{ "SIFADDR",    SIOCSIFADDR,    ifreq_offsetof(ifr_addr) },
 };
 
 static const struct options OptArray[] = {
-	{"metric",      N_ARG,         ARG_METRIC,      0},
-	{"mtu",         N_ARG,         ARG_MTU,         0},
-	{"txqueuelen",  N_ARG,         ARG_TXQUEUELEN,  0},
-	{"dstaddr",     N_ARG,         ARG_DSTADDR,     0},
-	{"netmask",     N_ARG,         ARG_NETMASK,     0},
-	{"broadcast",   N_ARG | M_CLR, ARG_BROADCAST,   IFF_BROADCAST},
+	{ "metric",      N_ARG,         ARG_METRIC,      0 },
+	{ "mtu",         N_ARG,         ARG_MTU,         0 },
+	{ "txqueuelen",  N_ARG,         ARG_TXQUEUELEN,  0 },
+	{ "dstaddr",     N_ARG,         ARG_DSTADDR,     0 },
+	{ "netmask",     N_ARG,         ARG_NETMASK,     0 },
+	{ "broadcast",   N_ARG | M_CLR, ARG_BROADCAST,   IFF_BROADCAST },
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
-	{"hw",          N_ARG, ARG_HW,                  0},
+	{ "hw",          N_ARG, ARG_HW,                  0 },
 #endif
-	{"pointopoint", N_ARG | M_CLR, ARG_POINTOPOINT, IFF_POINTOPOINT},
+	{ "pointopoint", N_ARG | M_CLR, ARG_POINTOPOINT, IFF_POINTOPOINT },
 #ifdef SIOCSKEEPALIVE
-	{"keepalive",   N_ARG,         ARG_KEEPALIVE,   0},
+	{ "keepalive",   N_ARG,         ARG_KEEPALIVE,   0 },
 #endif
 #ifdef SIOCSOUTFILL
-	{"outfill",     N_ARG,         ARG_OUTFILL,     0},
+	{ "outfill",     N_ARG,         ARG_OUTFILL,     0 },
 #endif
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
-	{"mem_start",   N_ARG,         ARG_MEM_START,   0},
-	{"io_addr",     N_ARG,         ARG_IO_ADDR,     0},
-	{"irq",         N_ARG,         ARG_IRQ,         0},
+	{ "mem_start",   N_ARG,         ARG_MEM_START,   0 },
+	{ "io_addr",     N_ARG,         ARG_IO_ADDR,     0 },
+	{ "irq",         N_ARG,         ARG_IRQ,         0 },
 #endif
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
-	{"add",         N_ARG,         ARG_ADD_DEL,     0},
-	{"del",         N_ARG,         ARG_ADD_DEL,     0},
+	{ "add",         N_ARG,         ARG_ADD_DEL,     0 },
+	{ "del",         N_ARG,         ARG_ADD_DEL,     0 },
 #endif
-	{"arp",         N_CLR | M_SET, 0,               IFF_NOARP},
-	{"trailers",    N_CLR | M_SET, 0,               IFF_NOTRAILERS},
-	{"promisc",     N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_PROMISC},
-	{"multicast",   N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_MULTICAST},
-	{"allmulti",    N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_ALLMULTI},
-	{"dynamic",     N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_DYNAMIC},
-	{"up",          N_SET,         0,               (IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING)},
-	{"down",        N_CLR,         0,               IFF_UP},
-	{NULL,          0,             ARG_HOSTNAME,    (IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING)}
+	{ "arp",         N_CLR | M_SET, 0,               IFF_NOARP },
+	{ "trailers",    N_CLR | M_SET, 0,               IFF_NOTRAILERS },
+	{ "promisc",     N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_PROMISC },
+	{ "multicast",   N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_MULTICAST },
+	{ "allmulti",    N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_ALLMULTI },
+	{ "dynamic",     N_SET | M_CLR, 0,               IFF_DYNAMIC },
+	{ "up",          N_SET,         0,               (IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING) },
+	{ "down",        N_CLR,         0,               IFF_UP },
+	{ NULL,          0,             ARG_HOSTNAME,    (IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING) }
 };
 
 /*
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
 								xioctl(sockfd6, SIOGIFINDEX, &ifr);
 								ifr6.ifr6_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
 								ifr6.ifr6_prefixlen = prefix_len;
-								ioctl_or_perror_and_die(sockfd6, a1op->selector, &ifr6, "%s", a1op->name);
+								ioctl_or_perror_and_die(sockfd6, a1op->selector, &ifr6, "SIOC%s", a1op->name);
 								if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
 									free(lsa);
 								continue;
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 						*((int *) p) = i;
 				}
 
-				ioctl_or_perror_and_die(sockfd, a1op->selector, &ifr, "%s", a1op->name);
+				ioctl_or_perror_and_die(sockfd, a1op->selector, &ifr, "SIOC%s", a1op->name);
 #ifdef QUESTIONABLE_ALIAS_CASE
 				if (mask & A_COLON_CHK) {
 					/*