--- Makefile.am
+++ Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	doc \
 	gui
 
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 # The module will not build under distcheck
--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ AX_CHECK_DOCBOOK
 dnl finally restore the original libs setting
 LIBS="$ORIG_SAVE_LIBS"
 LIBERTY_LIBS="-liberty $DL_LIB $INTL_LIB"
-BFD_LIBS="-lbfd -liberty $DL_LIB $INTL_LIB"
+BFD_LIBS="-lbfd -liberty $Z_LIB $DL_LIB $INTL_LIB"
 POPT_LIBS="-lpopt"
 AC_SUBST(LIBERTY_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(BFD_LIBS)
--- gui/oprof_start_util.cpp
+++ gui/oprof_start_util.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <glob.h>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cmath>
--- libabi/opimport.cpp
+++ libabi/opimport.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
--- libpp/op_header.cpp
+++ libpp/op_header.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include <cstring>
+
 #include "op_exception.h"
 #include "odb.h"
 #include "op_cpu_type.h"
--- libpp/profile.cpp
+++ libpp/profile.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include <cerrno>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include "op_exception.h"
 #include "op_header.h"
--- libpp/sample_container.cpp
+++ libpp/sample_container.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <climits>
+
 #include "sample_container.h"
 
 using namespace std;
--- libregex/demangle_symbol.cpp
+++ libregex/demangle_symbol.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include "demangle_symbol.h"
 #include "op_regex.h"
 
--- libregex/op_regex.cpp
+++ libregex/op_regex.cpp
@@ -282,15 +282,15 @@ void setup_regex(regular_expression_repl
 			string left = line;
 			left_rule.execute(left);
 			if (left == line) {
-				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: " +
-						'"' + line + '"');
+				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: \"" +
+						line + '"');
 			}
 
 			string right = line;
 			right_rule.execute(right);
 			if (right == line) {
-				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: "
-						+ '"' + line + '"');
+				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: \""
+						+ line + '"');
 			}
 
 			regex.add_pattern(left, right);
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ void setup_regex(regular_expression_repl
 			string var_value = line;
 			var_value_rule.execute(var_value);
 			if (var_value == line) {
-				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: " +
-						'"' + line + '"');
+				throw bad_regex("invalid input file: \"" +
+						line + '"');
 			}
 
 			regex.add_definition(var_name, var_value);
--- libutil++/bfd_spu_support.cpp
+++ libutil++/bfd_spu_support.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "cverb.h"
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
--- libutil++/bfd_support.cpp
+++ libutil++/bfd_support.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "string_manip.h"
 #include "cverb.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
--- libutil++/child_reader.cpp
+++ libutil++/child_reader.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <climits>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
--- libutil++/cverb.cpp
+++ libutil++/cverb.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * @author John Levon
  */
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <map>
--- libutil++/file_manip.cpp
+++ libutil++/file_manip.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ bool copy_file(string const & source, st
 	if (stat(source.c_str(), &buf))
 		return false;
 
-	int fd = open(destination.c_str(), O_RDWR|O_CREAT);
+	int fd = open(destination.c_str(), O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0600);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return false;
 	close(fd);
--- libutil++/op_bfd.cpp
+++ libutil++/op_bfd.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ op_bfd::~op_bfd()
 }
 
 
-unsigned long const op_bfd::get_start_offset(bfd_vma vma) const
+unsigned long op_bfd::get_start_offset(bfd_vma vma) const
 {
 	if (!vma || !ibfd.valid()) {
 		filepos_map_t::const_iterator it = filepos_map.find(".text");
--- libutil++/op_bfd.h
+++ libutil++/op_bfd.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public:
 	 * Otherwise, return the filepos of a section with a matching
 	 * vma.
 	 */
-	unsigned long const get_start_offset(bfd_vma vma = 0) const;
+	unsigned long get_start_offset(bfd_vma vma = 0) const;
  
 	/**
 	 * Return the image name of the underlying binary image. For an
--- libutil++/op_spu_bfd.cpp
+++ libutil++/op_spu_bfd.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "op_bfd.h"
--- m4/binutils.m4
+++ m4/binutils.m4
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(xcalloc)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(xmemdup)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"; DL_LIB="-ldl", DL_LIB="")
 AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, main, LIBS="$LIBS -lintl"; INTL_LIB="-lintl", INTL_LIB="")
+AC_CHECK_LIB(z, zlibVersion, LIBS="$LIBS -lz"; Z_LIB=-lz, Z_LIB=)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(bfd, bfd_openr,, AC_MSG_ERROR([bfd library not found]))
 
 # Determine if bfd_get_synthetic_symtab macro is available
--- pp/common_option.cpp
+++ pp/common_option.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iterator>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include "op_config.h"
 #include "locate_images.h"
 #include "op_exception.h"
--- pp/opannotate_options.cpp
+++ pp/opannotate_options.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include "profile_spec.h"
 #include "arrange_profiles.h"
 #include "op_exception.h"
--- pp/oparchive.cpp
+++ pp/oparchive.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
--- pp/opgprof_options.cpp
+++ pp/opgprof_options.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include "opgprof_options.h"
 #include "popt_options.h"
 #include "cverb.h"
--- utils/opcontrol
+++ utils/opcontrol
@@ -489,11 +489,20 @@ get_image_range()
 		return;
 	fi
 
+	kernel_file=$FILE_IMAGE
+	case $(file -L $kernel_file) in
+	  *"gzip compressed"*)
+	    kernel_file=$(mktemp /tmp/opcXXXXXX) || exit 1
+	    trap "rm -f $kernel_file" EXIT
+	    gzip -cd $FILE_IMAGE > $kernel_file
+	    ;;
+	esac
+
 	# start at the start of .text and then continue to the end 
-	range_info=`objdump -h $FILE_IMAGE 2>/dev/null | grep " .text "`
+	range_info=`objdump -h $kernel_file 2>/dev/null | grep " .text "`
 	tmp1=`echo $range_info | awk '{print $4}'`	
 	tmp_length=`echo $range_info | awk  '{print $3}'`
-	tmp2=`objdump -h $FILE_IMAGE --adjust-vma=0x$tmp_length 2>/dev/null | grep " .text " | awk  '{print $4}'`
+	tmp2=`objdump -h $kernel_file --adjust-vma=0x$tmp_length 2>/dev/null | grep " .text " | awk  '{print $4}'`
 
 	if test -z "$tmp1" -o -z "$tmp2"; then
 		echo "The specified file $FILE_IMAGE does not seem to be valid" >&2