diff --git a/example/.cvsignore b/example/.cvsignore
index fac1bd4e..70bfa237 100644
--- a/example/.cvsignore
+++ b/example/.cvsignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .cvsignore
 .deps
+.gdb_history
 .libs
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
diff --git a/lib/udf/udf_time.c b/lib/udf/udf_time.c
index b74317d2..b0c8d263 100644
--- a/lib/udf/udf_time.c
+++ b/lib/udf/udf_time.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ udf_timespec_to_stamp(const struct timespec ts, udf_timestamp_t *dest)
 {
   long int days, rem, y;
   const unsigned short int *ip;
-  int16_t offset;
+  int16_t offset = 0;
   int16_t tv_sec;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMEZONE_VAR  
diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
index dd153d9c..1abb3165 100644
--- a/src/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/.cvsignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .deps
+.gdb_history
 .libs
 Makefile
 Makefile.in