diff --git a/ompi/dpm/dpm.c b/ompi/dpm/dpm.c
index 9fb42dcce08..435b5ce96ec 100644
--- a/ompi/dpm/dpm.c
+++ b/ompi/dpm/dpm.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ int ompi_dpm_connect_accept(ompi_communicator_t *comm, int root,
     }
     if (0 < opal_list_get_size(&ilist)) {
         uint32_t *peer_ranks = NULL;
-        int prn, nprn;
+        int prn, nprn = 0;
         char *val, *mycpuset;
         uint16_t u16;
         opal_process_name_t wildcard_rank;
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ialltoall.c b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ialltoall.c
index e2731e1a1d3..6c5883f23c9 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ialltoall.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_ialltoall.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int nbc_alltoall_init(const void* sendbuf, int sendcount, MPI_Datatype se
   enum {NBC_A2A_LINEAR, NBC_A2A_PAIRWISE, NBC_A2A_DISS, NBC_A2A_INPLACE} alg;
   void *tmpbuf = NULL;
   ompi_coll_libnbc_module_t *libnbc_module = (ompi_coll_libnbc_module_t*) module;
-  ptrdiff_t span, gap;
+  ptrdiff_t span, gap = 0;
 
   NBC_IN_PLACE(sendbuf, recvbuf, inplace);
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/romio321/romio/adio/common/ad_read_coll.c b/ompi/mca/io/romio321/romio/adio/common/ad_read_coll.c
index 11e657b7e39..d81ba2d3c44 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/romio321/romio/adio/common/ad_read_coll.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/romio321/romio/adio/common/ad_read_coll.c
@@ -826,17 +826,17 @@ static void ADIOI_R_Exchange_data(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, ADIOI_Flatlist_node
 	    if (recv_size[i]) recv_buf[i] = 
                                   (char *) ADIOI_Malloc(recv_size[i]);
 
-	    j = 0;
-	    for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++) 
-		if (recv_size[i]) {
-		    MPI_Irecv(recv_buf[i], recv_size[i], MPI_BYTE, i, 
-			      myrank+i+100*iter, fd->comm, requests+j);
-		    j++;
+        j = 0;
+        for (i=0; i < nprocs; i++)
+            if (recv_size[i]) {
+                MPI_Irecv(recv_buf[i], recv_size[i], MPI_BYTE, i,
+                          myrank+i+100*iter, fd->comm, requests+j);
+                j++;
 #ifdef RDCOLL_DEBUG
-		    DBG_FPRINTF(stderr, "node %d, recv_size %d, tag %d \n", 
-		       myrank, recv_size[i], myrank+i+100*iter); 
+                DBG_FPRINTF(stderr, "node %d, recv_size %d, tag %d \n",
+                            myrank, recv_size[i], myrank+i+100*iter);
 #endif
-		}
+            }
     }
 
 /* create derived datatypes and send data */
diff --git a/opal/mca/memory/patcher/memory_patcher_component.c b/opal/mca/memory/patcher/memory_patcher_component.c
index 687d430fa36..272ec721225 100644
--- a/opal/mca/memory/patcher/memory_patcher_component.c
+++ b/opal/mca/memory/patcher/memory_patcher_component.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static void *_intercept_shmat(int shmid, const void *shmaddr, int shmflg)
 
     if (!original_shmat) {
 #if defined(SYS_shmat)
-        result = memory_patcher_syscall(SYS_shmat, shmid, shmaddr, shmflg);
+        result = (void*) memory_patcher_syscall(SYS_shmat, shmid, shmaddr, shmflg);
 #else // IPCOP_shmat
         unsigned long ret;
         ret = memory_patcher_syscall(SYS_ipc, IPCOP_shmat,
diff --git a/orte/mca/odls/default/odls_default_module.c b/orte/mca/odls/default/odls_default_module.c
index ab9d6e442f6..f8012bb3c92 100644
--- a/orte/mca/odls/default/odls_default_module.c
+++ b/orte/mca/odls/default/odls_default_module.c
@@ -454,11 +454,22 @@ static int do_child(orte_odls_spawn_caddy_t *cd, int write_fd)
 
     /* Exec the new executable */
     execve(cd->cmd, cd->argv, cd->env);
-    getcwd(dir, sizeof(dir));
+    /* If we get here, an error has occurred. */
+    (void) getcwd(dir, sizeof(dir));
+    struct stat stats;
+    char* msg;
+    /* If errno is ENOENT, that indicates either cd->cmd does not exist, or
+     * cd->cmd is a script, but has a bad interpreter specified. */
+    if (ENOENT == errno && 0 == stat(cd->app->app, &stats)) {
+        asprintf(&msg, "%s has a bad interpreter on the first line.",
+                 cd->app->app);
+    } else {
+        msg = strdup(strerror(errno));
+    }
     send_error_show_help(write_fd, 1,
                          "help-orte-odls-default.txt", "execve error",
-                         orte_process_info.nodename, dir, cd->app->app, strerror(errno));
-    /* Does not return */
+                         orte_process_info.nodename, dir, cd->app->app, msg);
+    free(msg);
 }