diff -ur aide-0.12_rc1.orig/include/db_config.h aide-0.12_rc1/include/db_config.h
--- aide-0.12_rc1.orig/include/db_config.h	2006-10-14 16:49:54.000000000 -0400
+++ aide-0.12_rc1/include/db_config.h	2006-10-14 17:22:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 /* db_unknown must be last because it is used to determine size of
    DB_FILED */
 
-/* FIXME: THIS IS A HACK, somethimes we use AIDE_OFF_TYPE instead
+/* FIXME: THIS IS A HACK, sometimes we use AIDE_OFF_TYPE instead
  * because that's what internal functions take. This bitmap needs to die. */
 #define DB_ATTR_TYPE unsigned long long
 #define DB_ATTR_UNDEF ((DB_ATTR_TYPE) -1)
@@ -206,93 +206,14 @@
 #define DB_HASHES    (DB_MD5|DB_SHA1|DB_RMD160|DB_TIGER|DB_CRC32|DB_HAVAL| \
 		      DB_GOST|DB_CRC32B|DB_SHA256|DB_SHA512|DB_WHIRLPOOL)
 
-/* This is stupid, should be functions, but static data means if it isn't used
- * but this header is included we get a warning ... so kill the warning */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-# define DB__ATTR_USED() __attribute__ ((used))
-#endif
-
-static DB__ATTR_USED() const char* db_names[] = {
-   "name", 
-   "lname", 
-   "perm", 
-   "uid", 
-   "gid", 
-   "size", 
-   "atime", 
-   "ctime",
-   "mtime", 
-   "inode", 
-   "bcount", 
-   "lcount", 
-   "md5", 
-   "sha1", 
-   "rmd160", 
-   "tiger",
-   "crc32", 
-   "haval",
-   "gost",
-   "crc32b",
-   "attr",
-   "acl",
-   "bsize",
-   "rdev",
-   "dev",
-   "checkmask",
-   "unknown",
-   "allownewfiles",
-   "sha256",
-   "sha512",
-   "selinux",
-   "xattrs",
-   "whirlpool"} ; 
-
-static DB__ATTR_USED() const int db_value[] = { 
-   db_filename, 	/* "name",   */ 
-   db_linkname, 	/* "lname",   */
-   db_perm, 		/* "perm",    */
-   db_uid, 		/* "uid",     */
-   db_gid,		/* "gid",     */
-   db_size, 		/* "size",    */
-   db_atime, 		/* "atime",   */
-   db_ctime, 		/* "ctime",   */
-   db_mtime, 		/* "mtime",   */
-   db_inode,		/* "inode",   */
-   db_bcount, 		/* "bcount",  */
-   db_lnkcount, 	/* "lcount",  */
-   db_md5, 		/* "md5",     */
-   db_sha1, 		/* "sha1",    */
-   db_rmd160,		/* "rmd160",  */
-   db_tiger, 		/* "tiger",   */
-   db_crc32, 		/* "crc32",   */
-   db_haval,		/* "haval",   */
-   db_gost, 		/* "gost",    */
-   db_crc32b, 		/* "crc32b",  */
-   db_attr,             /* attributes */
-   db_acl,              /* "acl"      */
-   db_bsize,            /* "bsize"    */
-   db_rdev,             /* "rdev"     */
-   db_dev,              /* "dev"      */
-   db_checkmask,	/* "checkmask" */
-   db_allownewfile,	/* "allownewfile" */
-   db_allowrmfile,	/* "allowrmfile" */
-   db_sha256,		/* "sha256",  */
-   db_sha512,		/* "sha512",  */
-   db_selinux,		/* "selinux", */
-   db_xattrs,		/* "xattrs",  */
-   db_whirlpool,	/* "whirlpool", */
-   db_unknown };	/* "unknown"  */
+extern const char* db_names[db_unknown+1];
+extern const int db_value[db_unknown+1];
 
 /* db_namealias && db_aliasvalue are here to support earlier database 
  * names that are no longer used. */
-
-static DB__ATTR_USED() const char* db_namealias[] = {
-  "count" } ;
-
-static DB__ATTR_USED() const int db_aliasvalue[] = {
-  db_lnkcount } ;       /* "count",  */
-
-static DB__ATTR_USED() const int db_alias_size=1;
+#define db_alias_size 1
+extern const char* db_namealias[db_alias_size];
+extern const int db_aliasvalue[db_alias_size];
 
 /* TIMEBUFSIZE should be exactly ceil(sizeof(time_t)*8*ln(2)/ln(10))
  * Now it is ceil(sizeof(time_t)*2.5)
diff -ur aide-0.12_rc1.orig/src/db.c aide-0.12_rc1/src/db.c
--- aide-0.12_rc1.orig/src/db.c	2006-10-14 16:49:54.000000000 -0400
+++ aide-0.12_rc1/src/db.c	2006-10-14 17:21:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -51,8 +51,87 @@
 long readint(char* s,char* err);
 AIDE_OFF_TYPE readlong(char* s,char* err);
 long readoct(char* s,char* err);
-
 time_t base64totime_t(char*);
+
+const char* db_names[db_unknown+1] = {
+   "name",
+   "lname",
+   "perm",
+   "uid",
+   "gid",
+   "size",
+   "atime",
+   "ctime",
+   "mtime",
+   "inode",
+   "bcount",
+   "lcount",
+   "md5",
+   "sha1",
+   "rmd160",
+   "tiger",
+   "crc32",
+   "haval",
+   "gost",
+   "crc32b",
+   "attr",
+   "acl",
+   "bsize",
+   "rdev",
+   "dev",
+   "checkmask",
+   "allownewfiles",
+   "allowrmfiles",
+   "sha256",
+   "sha512",
+   "whirlpool"
+   "selinux",
+   "xattrs",
+   "unknown"} ;
+
+const int db_value[db_unknown+1] = {
+   db_filename,         /* "name",   */
+   db_linkname,         /* "lname",   */
+   db_perm,             /* "perm",    */
+   db_uid,              /* "uid",     */
+   db_gid,              /* "gid",     */
+   db_size,             /* "size",    */
+   db_atime,            /* "atime",   */
+   db_ctime,            /* "ctime",   */
+   db_mtime,            /* "mtime",   */
+   db_inode,            /* "inode",   */
+   db_bcount,           /* "bcount",  */
+   db_lnkcount,         /* "lcount",  */
+   db_md5,              /* "md5",     */
+   db_sha1,             /* "sha1",    */
+   db_rmd160,           /* "rmd160",  */
+   db_tiger,            /* "tiger",   */
+   db_crc32,            /* "crc32",   */
+   db_haval,            /* "haval",   */
+   db_gost,             /* "gost",    */
+   db_crc32b,           /* "crc32b",  */
+   db_attr,             /* attributes */
+   db_acl,              /* "acl"      */
+   db_bsize,            /* "bsize"    */
+   db_rdev,             /* "rdev"     */
+   db_dev,              /* "dev"      */
+   db_checkmask,        /* "checkmask" */
+   db_allownewfile,     /* "allownewfile" */
+   db_allowrmfile,      /* "allowrmfile" */
+   db_sha256,           /* "sha256",  */
+   db_sha512,           /* "sha512",  */
+   db_whirlpool,        /* "whirlpool", */
+   db_selinux,          /* "selinux", */
+   db_xattrs,           /* "xattrs",  */
+   db_unknown };        /* "unknown"  */
+
+const char* db_namealias[db_alias_size] = {
+  "count" } ;
+
+const int db_aliasvalue[db_alias_size] = {
+  db_lnkcount } ;       /* "count",  */
+
+
 int db_init(int db)
 {
   void* rv=NULL;