diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d3a24b..a705bac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@
 	rm -f scripts/bb_mkdep scripts/usage
 	rm -r -f include/config include/config.h $(DEP_INCLUDES)
 	find . -name .depend'*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find . -name '*.rej' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 	rm -f .hdepend
 	rm -f .config .config.old .config.cmd
 
diff --git a/libbb/xgetlarg.c b/libbb/xgetlarg.c
index cadb83e..5b1e7b9 100644
--- a/libbb/xgetlarg.c
+++ b/libbb/xgetlarg.c
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@
 	char *endptr;
 	int errno_save = errno;
 
-	assert(arg!=NULL);
-
-	/* Don't allow leading whitespace.
-	 * Wrap isspace in () to make sure we call the
-	 * function rather than the macro. */
-	if ((isspace)(*arg)) {
-		bb_show_usage();
-	}
+	if (ENABLE_DEBUG && arg==NULL)
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("Null in xgetlarg.");
 
 	errno = 0;
 	result = strtol(arg, &endptr, base);
diff --git a/libbb/xgetularg.c b/libbb/xgetularg.c
index 6110746..21b0d12 100644
--- a/libbb/xgetularg.c
+++ b/libbb/xgetularg.c
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@
 
 	if ((*p == '-') && (p[1] != '+')) {
 		++p;
-#if LONG_MAX == (-(LONG_MIN + 1))
 		++u;	/* two's complement */
-#endif
 	}
 
 	r = bb_xgetularg_bnd_sfx(p, base, 0, u, suffixes);
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 51faae9..4296b54 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
 	default n
 	help
-	  This is deprecated, and will be going away in a future release.
+	  This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
 
 	  Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
 	  You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@
 	bool "  Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
 	default n
 	help
+	  This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
+
 	  This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
 	  /dev/loop0.  If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
 	  devfs names, you don't want this.
 
-	  This is obsolete and will be going away someday.  Consider it
-	  deprecated.
-
 config CONFIG_EJECT
 	bool "eject"
 	default n