diff -Naur -Naru http_get/http_get.c http_get.pb/http_get.c
--- http_get/http_get.c	2005-06-19 22:48:15.000000000 +0000
+++ http_get.pb/http_get.c	2009-10-22 11:23:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_SSL
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
 #endif
 
 
@@ -221,8 +222,8 @@
     {
     int sockfd;
 #ifdef USE_SSL
-    SSL_CTX* ssl_ctx;
-    SSL* ssl;
+    SSL_CTX* ssl_ctx = NULL;
+    SSL* ssl = NULL;
 #endif
     char buf[20000];
     int i, bytes, b, header_state, status;
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@
 	    exit( 1 );
 	    }
 	}
+#else
+    (void) protocol;
 #endif
 
     /* Build request buffer, starting with the GET. */
@@ -264,14 +267,13 @@
     bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "User-Agent: %s\r\n", user_agent );
     /* Fixed headers. */
     bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "Accept: */*\r\n" );
-    bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress\r\n" );
     bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "Accept-Language: en\r\n" );
     bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1,*,utf-8\r\n" );
     if ( auth_token != (char*) 0 )
 	{
 	/* Basic Auth info. */
 	char token_buf[1000];
-	token_buf[b64_encode( auth_token, strlen( auth_token ), token_buf, sizeof(token_buf) )] = '\0';
+	token_buf[b64_encode( (unsigned char*) auth_token, strlen( auth_token ), token_buf, sizeof(token_buf) )] = '\0';
 	bytes += snprintf( &buf[bytes], sizeof(buf) - bytes, "Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", token_buf );
 	}
     /* Cookies. */
@@ -284,10 +286,8 @@
     if ( protocol == PROTO_HTTPS )
 	(void) SSL_write( ssl, buf, bytes );
     else
-	(void) write( sockfd, buf, bytes );
-#else
-    (void) write( sockfd, buf, bytes );
 #endif
+	(void) write( sockfd, buf, bytes );
 
     /* Get lines until a blank one. */
     (void) alarm( timeout );
@@ -299,10 +299,8 @@
 	if ( protocol == PROTO_HTTPS )
 	    bytes = SSL_read( ssl, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 	else
-	    bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
-#else
-	bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 #endif
+	    bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 	if ( bytes <= 0 )
 	    break;
 	for ( b = 0; b < bytes; ++b )
@@ -400,8 +398,11 @@
 	}
     end_of_headers:
     /* Dump out the rest of the headers buffer. */
-    ++b;
-    (void) write( 1, &buf[b], bytes - b );
+    if (bytes > 0)
+	{
+	++b;
+	(void) write( 1, &buf[b], bytes - b );
+	}
 
     /* Copy the data. */
     for (;;)
@@ -411,10 +412,8 @@
 	if ( protocol == PROTO_HTTPS )
 	    bytes = SSL_read( ssl, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 	else
-	    bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
-#else
-	bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 #endif
+	    bytes = read( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) );
 	if ( bytes == 0 )
 	    break;
 	if ( bytes < 0 )
@@ -574,6 +573,7 @@
 static void
 sigcatch( int sig )
     {
+    (void) sig;
     (void) fprintf( stderr, "%s: %s - timed out\n", argv0, url );
     exit( 1 );
     }