--- a/dictd.c
+++ b/dictd.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ static void xsigprocmask (int how, const
    }
 }
 
+/*
 static void block_signals (void)
 {
    sigset_t set;
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ static void unblock_signals (void)
 
    xsigprocmask (SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
 }
+*/
 
 static void handler( int sig )
 {
@@ -1266,21 +1268,22 @@ static void release_root_privileges( voi
  * -- Bob Hilliard
  */
 {
+   int                unused __attribute__((unused));
    if (geteuid() == 0) {
       struct passwd *pwd;
 
       if ((pwd = getpwnam("dictd"))) {
-         setgid(pwd->pw_gid);
+         unused = setgid(pwd->pw_gid);
          initgroups("dictd",pwd->pw_gid);
-         setuid(pwd->pw_uid);
+         unused = setuid(pwd->pw_uid);
       } else if ((pwd = getpwnam("nobody"))) {
-         setgid(pwd->pw_gid);
+         unused = setgid(pwd->pw_gid);
          initgroups("nobody",pwd->pw_gid);
-         setuid(pwd->pw_uid);
+         unused = setuid(pwd->pw_uid);
       } else {
-         setgid(GID_NOGROUP);
+         unused = setgid(GID_NOGROUP);
          initgroups("nobody", GID_NOGROUP);
-         setuid(UID_NOBODY);
+         unused = setuid(UID_NOBODY);
       }
    }
 }
@@ -1464,6 +1467,7 @@ static void pid_file_write ()
 static void reopen_012 (void)
 {
    int fd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+   int unused __attribute__((unused));
    if (fd == -1)
       err_fatal_errno (__func__, ":E: can't open /dev/null");
 
@@ -1471,9 +1475,9 @@ static void reopen_012 (void)
    close (1);
    close (2);
 
-   dup (fd);
-   dup (fd);
-   dup (fd);
+   unused = dup (fd);
+   unused = dup (fd);
+   unused = dup (fd);
 }
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
@@ -1489,6 +1493,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv, char **
    int                i;
 
    int                errno_accept = 0;
+   int                unused __attribute__((unused));
 
    const char *       default_strategy_arg = "???";
 
@@ -1707,7 +1712,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv, char **
 
    if (detach){
       /* become a daemon */
-      daemon (0, 1);
+      unused = daemon (0, 1);
       reopen_012 ();
 
       /* after fork from daemon(3) */