--- a/lib/alloca.c
+++ b/lib/alloca.c
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@
    implementations of C, for example under Gould's UTX/32.  */
 
 pointer
-alloca (size)
-     unsigned size;
+alloca (unsigned size)
 {
   auto char probe;		/* Probes stack depth: */
   register char *depth = ADDRESS_FUNCTION (probe);

--- a/lib/chown.c
+++ b/lib/chown.c
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@
 /* FIXME: describe.  */
 
 int
-rpl_chown (file, uid, gid)
-     const char *file;
-     uid_t uid;
-     gid_t gid;
+rpl_chown (const char *file, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 {
   if (gid == (gid_t) -1 || uid == (uid_t) -1)
     {

--- a/lib/dirname.c
+++ b/lib/dirname.c
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
    removed.  */
 
 char *
-dirname (path)
-     char *path;
+dirname (char *path)
 {
   char *newpath;
   char *slash;

--- a/lib/euidaccess.c
+++ b/lib/euidaccess.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* euidaccess -- check if effective user id can access file
-   Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@
    filesystem, text busy, etc. */
 
 int
-euidaccess (path, mode)
-     const char *path;
-     int mode;
+euidaccess (const char *path, int mode)
 {
   struct stat stats;
   int granted;

--- a/lib/fileblocks.c
+++ b/lib/fileblocks.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 /* Return the number of 512-byte blocks in a file of SIZE bytes. */
 
 off_t
-st_blocks (size)
-     off_t size;
+st_blocks (off_t size)
 {
   off_t datablks = size / 512 + (size % 512 != 0);
   off_t indrblks = 0;

--- a/lib/fnmatch.c
+++ b/lib/fnmatch.c
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@
 /* Match STRING against the filename pattern PATTERN, returning zero if
    it matches, nonzero if not.  */
 int
-fnmatch (pattern, string, flags)
-     const char *pattern;
-     const char *string;
-     int flags;
+fnmatch (const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
 {
   register const char *p = pattern, *n = string;
   register char c;

--- a/lib/fsusage.c
+++ b/lib/fsusage.c
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@
    ERRNO is either a system error value, or zero if DISK is NULL
    on a system that requires a non-NULL value.  */
 int
-get_fs_usage (path, disk, fsp)
-     const char *path;
-     const char *disk;
-     struct fs_usage *fsp;
+get_fs_usage (const char *path, const char *disk, struct fs_usage *fsp)
 {
 #ifdef STAT_STATFS3_OSF1
 
@@ -262,9 +259,7 @@
 /* AIX PS/2 does not supply statfs.  */
 
 int
-statfs (path, fsb)
-     char *path;
-     struct statfs *fsb;
+statfs (char *path, struct statfs *fsb)
 {
   struct stat stats;
   struct dustat fsd;

--- a/lib/ftruncate.c
+++ b/lib/ftruncate.c
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
 #ifdef F_CHSIZE
 
 int
-ftruncate (fd, length)
-     int fd;
-     off_t length;
+ftruncate (int fd, off_t length)
 {
   return fcntl (fd, F_CHSIZE, length);
 }
@@ -30,9 +28,7 @@
 #  endif
 
 int
-ftruncate (fd, length)
-     int fd;
-     off_t length;
+ftruncate (int fd, off_t length)
 {
   struct flock fl;
   struct stat filebuf;
@@ -75,9 +71,7 @@
 #  if HAVE_CHSIZE
 
 int
-ftruncate (fd, length)
-     int fd;
-     off_t length;
+ftruncate (int fd, off_t length)
 {
   return chsize (fd, length);
 }
@@ -90,9 +84,7 @@
 #   endif
 
 int
-ftruncate (fd, length)
-     int fd;
-     off_t length;
+ftruncate (int fd, off_t length)
 {
   errno = EIO;
   return -1;

--- a/lib/getline.c
+++ b/lib/getline.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* getline.c -- Replacement for GNU C library function getline
 
-Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@
 #if defined __GNU_LIBRARY__ && HAVE_GETDELIM
 
 int
-getline (lineptr, n, stream)
-     char **lineptr;
-     size_t *n;
-     FILE *stream;
+getline (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream)
 {
   return getdelim (lineptr, n, '\n', stream);
 }
@@ -64,12 +61,7 @@
    null terminator), or -1 on error or EOF.  */
 
 int
-getstr (lineptr, n, stream, terminator, offset)
-     char **lineptr;
-     size_t *n;
-     FILE *stream;
-     char terminator;
-     size_t offset;
+getstr (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream, char terminator, size_t offset)
 {
   int nchars_avail;		/* Allocated but unused chars in *LINEPTR.  */
   char *read_pos;		/* Where we're reading into *LINEPTR. */
@@ -138,20 +130,13 @@
 }
 
 int
-getline (lineptr, n, stream)
-     char **lineptr;
-     size_t *n;
-     FILE *stream;
+getline (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream)
 {
   return getstr (lineptr, n, stream, '\n', 0);
 }
 
 int
-getdelim (lineptr, n, delimiter, stream)
-     char **lineptr;
-     size_t *n;
-     int delimiter;
-     FILE *stream;
+getdelim (char **lineptr, size_t *n, int delimiter, FILE *stream)
 {
   return getstr (lineptr, n, stream, delimiter, 0);
 }

--- a/lib/getversion.c
+++ b/lib/getversion.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* getversion.c -- select backup filename type
-   Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1990, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
    Unique abbreviations are accepted. */
 
 enum backup_type
-get_version (version)
-     char *version;
+get_version (const char *version)
 {
   int i;
 

--- a/lib/isdir.c
+++ b/lib/isdir.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
    return nonzero, else 0.  */
 
 int
-isdir (path)
-     char *path;
+isdir (const char *path)
 {
   struct stat stats;
 

--- a/lib/malloc.c
+++ b/lib/malloc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Work around bug on some systems where malloc (0) fails.
-   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
    If N is zero, allocate a 1-byte block.  */
 
 char *
-rpl_malloc (n)
-     size_t n;
+rpl_malloc (size_t n)
 {
   if (n == 0)
     n = 1;

--- a/lib/memcmp.c
+++ b/lib/memcmp.c
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
 __inline
 # endif
 static int
-memcmp_bytes (a, b)
-     op_t a, b;
+memcmp_bytes (long unsigned int a, long unsigned int b)
 {
   long int srcp1 = (long int) &a;
   long int srcp2 = (long int) &b;
@@ -132,10 +131,7 @@
 __inline
 #endif
 static int
-memcmp_common_alignment (srcp1, srcp2, len)
-     long int srcp1;
-     long int srcp2;
-     size_t len;
+memcmp_common_alignment (long int srcp1, long int srcp2, size_t len)
 {
   op_t a0, a1;
   op_t b0, b1;
@@ -222,10 +218,7 @@
 __inline
 #endif
 static int
-memcmp_not_common_alignment (srcp1, srcp2, len)
-     long int srcp1;
-     long int srcp2;
-     size_t len;
+memcmp_not_common_alignment (long int srcp1, long int srcp2, size_t len)
 {
   op_t a0, a1, a2, a3;
   op_t b0, b1, b2, b3;
@@ -325,10 +318,7 @@
 }
 
 int
-rpl_memcmp (s1, s2, len)
-     const __ptr_t s1;
-     const __ptr_t s2;
-     size_t len;
+rpl_memcmp (const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t len)
 {
   op_t a0;
   op_t b0;

--- a/lib/memset.c
+++ b/lib/memset.c
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
    Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
 char *
-memset (str, c, len)
-     char *str;
-     int c;
-     unsigned len;
+memset (char *str, int c, unsigned int len)
 {
   register char *st = str;
 

--- a/lib/mkdir.c
+++ b/lib/mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* BSD compatible make directory function for System V
-   Copyright (C) 1988, 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
    subroutine didn't return EEXIST.  It does now.  */
 
 int
-mkdir (dpath, dmode)
-     char *dpath;
-     int dmode;
+mkdir (const char *dpath, int dmode)
 {
   int cpid, status;
   struct stat statbuf;

--- a/lib/mktime.c
+++ b/lib/mktime.c
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@
    are buggy.  */
 static struct tm *my_mktime_localtime_r __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
 static struct tm *
-my_mktime_localtime_r (t, tp)
-     const time_t *t;
-     struct tm *tp;
+my_mktime_localtime_r (const time_t *t, struct tm *tp)
 {
   struct tm *l = localtime (t);
   if (! l)
@@ -146,9 +144,8 @@
    If TP is null, return a nonzero value.
    If overflow occurs, yield the low order bits of the correct answer.  */
 static time_t
-ydhms_tm_diff (year, yday, hour, min, sec, tp)
-     int year, yday, hour, min, sec;
-     const struct tm *tp;
+ydhms_tm_diff (int year, int yday, int hour, int min, int sec,
+	       const struct tm *tp)
 {
   if (!tp)
     return 1;
@@ -180,8 +177,7 @@
 
 /* Convert *TP to a time_t value.  */
 time_t
-mktime (tp)
-     struct tm *tp;
+mktime (struct tm *tp)
 {
 #ifdef _LIBC
   /* POSIX.1 8.1.1 requires that whenever mktime() is called, the
@@ -197,10 +193,8 @@
    If *T is out of range for conversion, adjust it so that
    it is the nearest in-range value and then convert that.  */
 static struct tm *
-ranged_convert (convert, t, tp)
-     struct tm *(*convert) __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
-     time_t *t;
-     struct tm *tp;
+ranged_convert (struct tm *(*convert) (const time_t *, struct tm *),
+		time_t *t, struct tm *tp)
 {
   struct tm *r;
 
@@ -247,10 +241,9 @@
    compared to what the result would be for UTC without leap seconds.
    If *OFFSET's guess is correct, only one CONVERT call is needed.  */
 time_t
-__mktime_internal (tp, convert, offset)
-     struct tm *tp;
-     struct tm *(*convert) __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
-     time_t *offset;
+__mktime_internal (struct tm *tp,
+		   struct tm *(*convert) (const time_t *, struct tm *),
+		   time_t *offset)
 {
   time_t t, dt, t0, t1, t2;
   struct tm tm;

--- a/lib/path-concat.c
+++ b/lib/path-concat.c
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@
    BASE in the returned concatenation.  */
 
 char *
-path_concat (dir, base, base_in_result)
-     const char *dir;
-     const char *base;
-     char **base_in_result;
+path_concat (const char *dir, const char *base, char **base_in_result)
 {
   char *p;
   char *p_concat;

--- a/lib/rename.c
+++ b/lib/rename.c
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@
    Return 0 if successful, -1 if not. */
 
 int
-rename (from, to)
-     char *from;
-     char *to;
+rename (char *from, char *to)
 {
   struct stat from_stats, to_stats;
   int pid, status;

--- a/lib/rpmatch.c
+++ b/lib/rpmatch.c
@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static int
-try (response, pattern, match, nomatch, lastp, re)
-     const char *response;
-     const char *pattern;
-     const int match;
-     const int nomatch;
-     const char **lastp;
-     regex_t *re;
+try (const char *response, const char *pattern, const int match, const int nomatch, const char **lastp, regex_t *re)
 {
   if (pattern != *lastp)
     {
@@ -69,8 +63,7 @@
 
 
 int
-rpmatch (response)
-     const char *response;
+rpmatch (const char *response)
 {
   /* Match against one of the response patterns, compiling the pattern
      first if necessary.  */

--- a/lib/save-cwd.c
+++ b/lib/save-cwd.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@
    called, but doing so is ok.  Otherwise, return zero.  */
 
 int
-save_cwd (cwd)
-     struct saved_cwd *cwd;
+save_cwd (struct saved_cwd *cwd)
 {
   static int have_working_fchdir = 1;
 
@@ -118,10 +117,7 @@
    */
 
 int
-restore_cwd (cwd, dest, from)
-     const struct saved_cwd *cwd;
-     const char *dest;
-     const char *from;
+restore_cwd (const struct saved_cwd *cwd, const char *dest, const char *from)
 {
   int fail = 0;
   if (cwd->desc >= 0)
@@ -144,8 +140,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-free_cwd (cwd)
-     struct saved_cwd *cwd;
+free_cwd (struct saved_cwd *cwd)
 {
   if (cwd->desc >= 0)
     close (cwd->desc);

--- a/lib/savedir.c
+++ b/lib/savedir.c
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@
    Return NULL if DIR cannot be opened or if out of memory. */
 
 char *
-savedir (dir, name_size)
-     const char *dir;
-     unsigned int name_size;
+savedir (const char *dir, unsigned int name_size)
 {
   DIR *dirp;
   struct dirent *dp;

--- a/lib/stpcpy.c
+++ b/lib/stpcpy.c
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
 
 /* Copy SRC to DEST, returning the address of the terminating '\0' in DEST.  */
 char *
-__stpcpy (dest, src)
-     char *dest;
-     const char *src;
+__stpcpy (char *dest, const char *src)
 {
   register char *d = dest;
   register const char *s = src;

--- a/lib/strdup.c
+++ b/lib/strdup.c
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
    or 0 if out of memory. */
 
 char *
-strdup (str)
-     const char *str;
+strdup (const char *str)
 {
   char *newstr;
 

--- a/lib/strftime.c
+++ b/lib/strftime.c
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@
 # if ! HAVE_TM_GMTOFF
 static struct tm *my_strftime_gmtime_r __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
 static struct tm *
-my_strftime_gmtime_r (t, tp)
-     const time_t *t;
-     struct tm *tp;
+my_strftime_gmtime_r (const time_t *t, struct tm *tp)
 {
   struct tm *l = gmtime (t);
   if (! l)
@@ -171,9 +169,7 @@
 
 static struct tm *my_strftime_localtime_r __P ((const time_t *, struct tm *));
 static struct tm *
-my_strftime_localtime_r (t, tp)
-     const time_t *t;
-     struct tm *tp;
+my_strftime_localtime_r (const time_t *t, struct tm *tp)
 {
   struct tm *l = localtime (t);
   if (! l)
@@ -274,10 +270,7 @@
 static char *memcpy_lowcase __P ((char *dest, const char *src, size_t len));
 
 static char *
-memcpy_lowcase (dest, src, len)
-     char *dest;
-     const char *src;
-     size_t len;
+memcpy_lowcase (char *dest, const char *src, size_t len)
 {
   while (len-- > 0)
     dest[len] = TOLOWER ((unsigned char) src[len]);
@@ -287,10 +280,7 @@
 static char *memcpy_uppcase __P ((char *dest, const char *src, size_t len));
 
 static char *
-memcpy_uppcase (dest, src, len)
-     char *dest;
-     const char *src;
-     size_t len;
+memcpy_uppcase (char *dest, const char *src, size_t len)
 {
   while (len-- > 0)
     dest[len] = TOUPPER ((unsigned char) src[len]);
@@ -304,9 +294,7 @@
 # define tm_diff ftime_tm_diff
 static int tm_diff __P ((const struct tm *, const struct tm *));
 static int
-tm_diff (a, b)
-     const struct tm *a;
-     const struct tm *b;
+tm_diff (const struct tm *a, const struct tm *b)
 {
   /* Compute intervening leap days correctly even if year is negative.
      Take care to avoid int overflow in leap day calculations,
@@ -341,9 +329,7 @@
 __inline__
 #endif
 static int
-iso_week_days (yday, wday)
-     int yday;
-     int wday;
+iso_week_days (int yday, int wday)
 {
   /* Add enough to the first operand of % to make it nonnegative.  */
   int big_enough_multiple_of_7 = (-YDAY_MINIMUM / 7 + 2) * 7;
@@ -411,12 +397,8 @@
    anywhere, so to determine how many characters would be
    written, use NULL for S and (size_t) UINT_MAX for MAXSIZE.  */
 size_t
-my_strftime (s, maxsize, format, tp ut_argument)
-      char *s;
-      size_t maxsize;
-      const char *format;
-      const struct tm *tp;
-      ut_argument_spec
+my_strftime (char *s, size_t maxsize, const char *format, const struct tm *tp
+	     ut_argument_spec)
 {
   int hour12 = tp->tm_hour;
 #ifdef _NL_CURRENT

--- a/lib/stripslash.c
+++ b/lib/stripslash.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
    when given a path that ends in "/" (except for the root directory).  */
 
 void
-strip_trailing_slashes (path)
-     char *path;
+strip_trailing_slashes (char *path)
 {
   int last;
 

--- a/lib/strndup.c
+++ b/lib/strndup.c
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
 
 /* Duplicate S, returning an identical malloc'd string.  */
 char *
-strndup (s, n)
-     const char *s;
-     size_t n;
+strndup (const char *s, size_t n)
 {
   char *new = malloc (n + 1);
 

--- a/lib/strstr.c
+++ b/lib/strstr.c
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
 typedef unsigned chartype;
 
 char *
-strstr (phaystack, pneedle)
-     const char *phaystack;
-     const char *pneedle;
+strstr (const char *phaystack, const char *pneedle)
 {
   register const unsigned char *haystack, *needle;
   register chartype b, c;

--- a/lib/strverscmp.c
+++ b/lib/strverscmp.c
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@
 */
 
 int
-strverscmp (s1, s2)
-     const char *s1;
-     const char *s2;
+strverscmp (const char *s1, const char *s2)
 {
   const unsigned char *p1 = (const unsigned char *) s1;
   const unsigned char *p2 = (const unsigned char *) s2;

--- a/lib/userspec.c
+++ b/lib/userspec.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@
    otherwise return 0. */
 
 static int
-is_number (str)
-     const char *str;
+is_number (const char *str)
 {
   for (; *str; str++)
     if (!isdigit (*str))
@@ -115,11 +114,7 @@
    Return NULL if successful, a static error message string if not.  */
 
 const char *
-parse_user_spec (spec_arg, uid, gid, username_arg, groupname_arg)
-     const char *spec_arg;
-     uid_t *uid;
-     gid_t *gid;
-     char **username_arg, **groupname_arg;
+parse_user_spec (const char *spec_arg, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, char **username_arg, char **groupname_arg)
 {
   static const char *tired = "virtual memory exhausted";
   const char *error_msg;

--- a/lib/xmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/xmalloc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* xmalloc.c -- malloc with out of memory checking
-   Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static void
-xalloc_fail ()
+xalloc_fail (void)
 {
   if (xalloc_fail_func)
     (*xalloc_fail_func) ();
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
 /* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, with error checking.  */
 
 void *
-xmalloc (n)
-     size_t n;
+xmalloc (size_t n)
 {
   void *p;
 
@@ -104,9 +103,7 @@
    If P is NULL, run xmalloc.  */
 
 void *
-xrealloc (p, n)
-     void *p;
-     size_t n;
+xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
 {
   p = realloc (p, n);
   if (p == 0)
@@ -119,8 +116,7 @@
 /* Allocate memory for N elements of S bytes, with error checking.  */
 
 void *
-xcalloc (n, s)
-     size_t n, s;
+xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
 {
   void *p;