diff --git a/alliance/src/autostuff b/alliance/src/autostuff
index abbdfd67..53083ebd 100755
--- a/alliance/src/autostuff
+++ b/alliance/src/autostuff
@@ -291,28 +291,28 @@ find $ordered_dirs -name configure.in | while read config; do
   echo "" >> configure.in
   echo "dnl Infos extracted from $config"  >> configure.in
 
-  for version_line in  `grep -h _CUR= $config`; do
+  for version_line in  `grep -ah _CUR= $config`; do
     echo "$version_line"  >> configure.in
     version_name=`echo $version_line | sed 's,=.*,,'`
     echo "AC_SUBST($version_name)" >> configure.in
   done
-  for version_line in  `grep -h _REV= $config`; do
+  for version_line in  `grep -ah _REV= $config`; do
     echo "$version_line"  >> configure.in
     version_name=`echo $version_line | sed 's,=.*,,'`
     echo "AC_SUBST($version_name)" >> configure.in
   done
-  for version_line in  `grep -h _REL= $config`; do
+  for version_line in  `grep -ah _REL= $config`; do
     echo "$version_line"  >> configure.in
     version_name=`echo $version_line | sed 's,=.*,,'`
     echo "AC_SUBST($version_name)" >> configure.in
   done
 
-  for dll_line in `grep -h _DLL_VERSION= $config`; do
+  for dll_line in `grep -ah _DLL_VERSION= $config`; do
     echo "$dll_line"  >> configure.in
     dll_name=`echo $dll_line | sed 's,=.*,,'`
     echo "AC_SUBST($dll_name)" >> configure.in
   done
-  for version_line in  `grep -h _VERSION= $config | grep -v DLL`; do
+  for version_line in  `grep -ah _VERSION= $config | grep -v DLL`; do
     echo "$version_line"  >> configure.in
     version_name=`echo $version_line | sed 's,=.*,,'`
     echo "AC_SUBST($version_name)" >> configure.in
diff --git a/alliance/src/nero/src/UOpts.cpp b/alliance/src/nero/src/UOpts.cpp
index dc2e5b48..a369fd6e 100644
--- a/alliance/src/nero/src/UOpts.cpp
+++ b/alliance/src/nero/src/UOpts.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@
 
 
 
-//# include  "unistd.h"
+# include  <unistd.h>
 # include  "UDefs.h"
 
-extern "C"  {
-	int getopt(int argc, char* const *argv, const char *sf);
-}
-
 
 //  +----------------------------------------------------------------+
 //  |                     Methods Definitions                        |
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ void COpts::getopts (int argc, char *argv[]) throw (except_done)
   extern       char *optarg;
                 int  key; 
                long  key_index; 
-             string  key_string; 
+               string  key_string; 
          const char *short_format;
 
 
@@ -131,7 +127,7 @@ void COpts::getopts (int argc, char *argv[]) throw (except_done)
 
 // Loop over getopt.
   while (true) {
-    key = getopt (argc, argv, short_format);
+    key = ::getopt (argc, argv, short_format);
 
     if (key == -1) break;