diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 506f640793..55d193780f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),OpenBSD)
 	ALL_LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),NetBSD)
-	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
+	ifeq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '[01]\.'),2)
+		NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
+	endif
 	ALL_CFLAGS += -I/usr/pkg/include
 	ALL_LDFLAGS += -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/pkg/lib
 endif
diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index 3d6e515f1f..66111de514 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int external_grep(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
 	push_arg("grep");
 	push_arg("-H");
 	if (opt->fixed)
-		push_arg("-H");
+		push_arg("-F");
 	if (opt->linenum)
 		push_arg("-n");
 	if (opt->regflags & REG_EXTENDED)
diff --git a/pack-objects.c b/pack-objects.c
index b430b02cf7..566a2a2349 100644
--- a/pack-objects.c
+++ b/pack-objects.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 static const char pack_usage[] = "git-pack-objects [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] {--stdout | base-name} < object-list";
 
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ static void prepare_pack_revindex(struct pack_revindex *rix)
 
 	rix->revindex = xmalloc(sizeof(unsigned long) * (num_ent + 1));
 	for (i = 0; i < num_ent; i++) {
-		uint32_t hl = *((uint32_t *)(index + 24 * i));
+		unsigned int hl = *((unsigned int *)(index + 24 * i));
 		rix->revindex[i] = ntohl(hl);
 	}
 	/* This knows the pack format -- the 20-byte trailer
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 3372ebcdca..223001033c 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "tree.h"
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 #ifndef O_NOATIME
 #if defined(__linux__) && (defined(__i386__) || defined(__PPC__))
@@ -1162,7 +1161,7 @@ int find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1,
 		int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
 		int cmp = memcmp(index + 24 * mi + 4, sha1, 20);
 		if (!cmp) {
-			e->offset = ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 24 * mi)));
+			e->offset = ntohl(*((unsigned int *)(index + 24 * mi)));
 			memcpy(e->sha1, sha1, 20);
 			e->p = p;
 			return 1;