some more easy patches

[Matthias Clasen]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 00:00 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
>> These patches close a few gaps in the local backend implementation.
>> They have only been compile-tested.
>
> David, is okay for me to apply patches like this? Matthias, could we
> arrange git commit for you or do you want to stay 2nd level? :-)

I very much want Davids review on these patches; thats why I sent them here.