diff --git a/contrib/bobtoolz/DBrush.cpp b/contrib/bobtoolz/DBrush.cpp
index 7c24cd0f..4a2b9c09 100644
--- a/contrib/bobtoolz/DBrush.cpp
+++ b/contrib/bobtoolz/DBrush.cpp
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ void DBrush::SaveToFile( FILE *pFile ){
 				 ( *pp )->texInfo.m_texdef.scale[0], ( *pp )->texInfo.m_texdef.scale[0],
 				 ( *pp )->texInfo.m_texdef.rotate );
 
-		fprintf( pFile, buffer );
+		fprintf( pFile, "%s", buffer );
 	}
 
 	fprintf( pFile, "}\n" );
diff --git a/libs/splines/splines.cpp b/libs/splines/splines.cpp
index 42c34939..05cb3bf9 100644
--- a/libs/splines/splines.cpp
+++ b/libs/splines/splines.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ void idSplineList::setSelectedPoint( idVec3 *p ) {
 
 const idVec3 *idSplineList::getPosition( long t ) {
 	static idVec3 interpolatedPos;
-	static long lastTime = -1;
 
 	int count = splineTime.Num();
 	if ( count == 0 ) {
@@ -644,7 +643,6 @@ bool idCameraDef::waitEvent( int index ) {
 
 void idCameraDef::buildCamera() {
 	int i;
-	int lastSwitch = 0;
 	idList<float> waits;
 	idList<int> targets;
 
@@ -653,7 +651,6 @@ void idCameraDef::buildCamera() {
 	// we have a base time layout for the path and the target path
 	// now we need to layer on any wait or speed changes
 	for ( i = 0; i < events.Num(); i++ ) {
-		idCameraEvent *ev = events[i];
 		events[i]->setTriggered( false );
 		switch ( events[i]->getType() ) {
 		case idCameraEvent::EVENT_TARGET: {
@@ -864,7 +861,8 @@ void idCameraDef::parse( const char *( *text )  ) {
 bool idCameraDef::load( const char *filename ) {
 	char *buf;
 	const char *buf_p;
-	int length = FS_ReadFile( filename, (void **)&buf );
+
+	FS_ReadFile( filename, (void **)&buf );
 	if ( !buf ) {
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -1363,7 +1361,6 @@ void idSplinePosition::write( fileHandle_t file, const char *p ) {
 }
 
 void idCameraDef::addTarget( const char *name, idCameraPosition::positionType type ) {
-	const char *text = ( name == NULL ) ? va( "target0%d", numTargets() + 1 ) : name;
 	idCameraPosition *pos = newFromType( type );
 	if ( pos ) {
 		pos->setName( name );
diff --git a/libs/splines/util_str.cpp b/libs/splines/util_str.cpp
index 8ac9dea3..62fdaedc 100644
--- a/libs/splines/util_str.cpp
+++ b/libs/splines/util_str.cpp
@@ -487,9 +487,6 @@ void TestStringClass
 	i = a.length();                 // i == 0
 	i = c.length();                 // i == 4
 
-	const char *s1 = a.c_str(); // s1 == "\0"
-	const char *s2 = c.c_str(); // s2 == "test\0"
-
 	t = new idStr();                        // t->len == 0, t->data == "\0"
 	delete t;                           // t == ?
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
index 5164001c..41fd1ca1 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.c
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ char *ExpandArg( const char *path ){
 
 char *ExpandPath( const char *path ){
 	static char full[1024];
-	if ( !*qdir || path[0] == '/' || path[0] == '\\' || path[1] == ':' ) {
+	if ( !qdir ) {
+		Error( "ExpandPath called without qdir set" );
+	}
+	if ( path[0] == '/' || path[0] == '\\' || path[1] == ':' ) {
 		strcpy( full, path );
 		return full;
 	}
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ char *ExpandPath( const char *path ){
 
 char *ExpandGamePath( const char *path ){
 	static char full[1024];
-	if ( !*gamedir ) {
+	if ( !gamedir[0] ) {
 		Error( "ExpandGamePath called without gamedir set" );
 	}
 	if ( path[0] == '/' || path[0] == '\\' || path[1] == ':' ) {
diff --git a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
index 3c9b5a54..f6f5e4d1 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
+++ b/tools/quake3/common/cmdlib.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 #ifdef PATH_MAX
 #define MAX_OS_PATH     PATH_MAX
 #else
-#define MAX_OS_PATH     1024
+#define MAX_OS_PATH     4096
 #endif
 #define MEM_BLOCKSIZE 4096
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/common/inout.c b/tools/quake3/common/inout.c
index 6920995f..2c1758a7 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/common/inout.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/common/inout.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "libxml/tree.h"
 
 // utf8 conversion
+#include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gconvert.h>
 #include <glib/gmem.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/main.c b/tools/quake3/q3map2/main.c
index b53a6973..76591a2a 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/main.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/main.c
@@ -48,6 +48,38 @@ vec_t Random( void ){
 }
 
 
+char *Q_strncpyz( char *dst, const char *src, size_t len ) {
+	if ( len == 0 ) {
+		abort();
+	}
+
+	strncpy( dst, src, len );
+	dst[ len - 1 ] = '\0';
+	return dst;
+}
+
+
+char *Q_strcat( char *dst, size_t dlen, const char *src ) {
+	size_t n = strlen( dst  );
+
+	if ( n > dlen ) {
+		abort(); /* buffer overflow */
+	}
+
+	return Q_strncpyz( dst + n, src, dlen - n );
+}
+
+
+char *Q_strncat( char *dst, size_t dlen, const char *src, size_t slen ) {
+	size_t n = strlen( dst );
+
+	if ( n > dlen ) {
+		abort(); /* buffer overflow */
+	}
+
+	return Q_strncpyz( dst + n, src, MIN( slen, dlen - n ) );
+}
+
 
 /*
    ExitQ3Map()
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/path_init.c b/tools/quake3/q3map2/path_init.c
index 2591c5bf..07ebc31b 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/path_init.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/path_init.c
@@ -66,26 +66,21 @@ char *LokiGetHomeDir( void ){
 	#ifndef Q_UNIX
 	return NULL;
 	#else
+	static char	buf[ 4096 ];
+	struct passwd   pw, *pwp;
 	char            *home;
-	uid_t id;
-	struct passwd   *pwd;
 	static char homeBuf[MAX_OS_PATH];
 
 
 	/* get the home environment variable */
 	home = getenv( "HOME" );
-	if ( home == NULL ) {
-		/* do some more digging */
-		id = getuid();
-		setpwent();
-		while ( ( pwd = getpwent() ) != NULL )
-		{
-			if ( pwd->pw_uid == id ) {
-				home = pwd->pw_dir;
-				break;
-			}
+
+	/* look up home dir in password database */
+	if(!home)
+	{
+		if ( getpwuid_r( getuid(), &pw, buf, sizeof( buf ), &pwp ) == 0 ) {
+			return pw.pw_dir;
 		}
-		endpwent();
 	}
 
 	snprintf( homeBuf, sizeof( homeBuf ), "%s/.", home );
@@ -130,21 +125,16 @@ void LokiInitPaths( char *argv0 ){
 	qboolean found;
 
 
+	path = getenv( "PATH" );
+
 	/* do some path divining */
-	strcpy( temp, argv0 );
-	if ( strrchr( argv0, '/' ) ) {
+	Q_strncpyz( temp, argv0, sizeof( temp ) );
+	if ( strrchr( temp, '/' ) ) {
 		argv0 = strrchr( argv0, '/' ) + 1;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* get path environment variable */
-		path = getenv( "PATH" );
-
-		/* minor setup */
-		last = last0;
-		last[ 0 ] = path[ 0 ];
-		last[ 1 ] = '\0';
+	else if ( path ) {
 		found = qfalse;
+		last = path;
 
 		/* go through each : segment of path */
 		while ( last[ 0 ] != '\0' && found == qfalse )
@@ -160,17 +150,17 @@ void LokiInitPaths( char *argv0 ){
 
 			/* found home dir candidate */
 			if ( *path == '~' ) {
-				strcpy( temp, home );
+				Q_strncpyz( temp, home, sizeof( temp ) );
 				path++;
 			}
 
 			/* concatenate */
 			if ( last > ( path + 1 ) ) {
-				strncat( temp, path, ( last - path ) );
-				strcat( temp, "/" );
+				Q_strncat( temp, sizeof( temp ), path, ( last - path ) );
+				Q_strcat( temp, sizeof( temp ), "/" );
 			}
-			strcat( temp, "./" );
-			strcat( temp, argv0 );
+			Q_strcat( temp, sizeof( temp ), "./" );
+			Q_strcat( temp, sizeof( temp ), argv0 );
 
 			/* verify the path */
 			if ( access( temp, X_OK ) == 0 ) {
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h b/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
index 935d1c7f..bbb3e76e 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 #include "md4.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#define MIN(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#define MAX(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1512,6 +1514,9 @@ surfaceInfo_t;
 
 /* main.c */
 vec_t                       Random( void );
+char                        *Q_strncpyz( char *dst, const char *src, size_t len );
+char                        *Q_strcat( char *dst, size_t dlen, const char *src );
+char                        *Q_strncat( char *dst, size_t dlen, const char *src, size_t slen );
 int                         BSPInfo( int count, char **fileNames );
 int                         ScaleBSPMain( int argc, char **argv );
 int                         ConvertMain( int argc, char **argv );