diff --git a/src/bbcp_Protocol.C b/src/bbcp_Protocol.C
index e17f347..17bb8ab 100644
--- a/src/bbcp_Protocol.C
+++ b/src/bbcp_Protocol.C
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ void bbcp_Protocol::putCSV(char *Host, char *csFn, char *csVal, int csVsz)
 {                                //1234567890123
    struct iovec iov[] = {{(char *)"Checksum: ", 10},
                         {bbcp_Cfg.csName,strlen(bbcp_Cfg.csName)},
-                        {(char *)" ", 1}, {csVal, csVsz},
+                        {(char *)" ", 1}, {csVal, static_cast<std::size_t>(csVsz)},
                         {(char *)" ", 1}, {Host, strlen(Host)},
                         {(char *)":", 1}, {csFn, strlen(csFn)},
                         {(char *)"\n",1}};
diff --git a/src/bbcp_Pthread.h b/src/bbcp_Pthread.h
index 4666e2a..142700e 100644
--- a/src/bbcp_Pthread.h
+++ b/src/bbcp_Pthread.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <semaphore.h>
 
+#include <exception>
+
 class bbcp_CondVar
 {
 public:
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ inline void Wait() {int rc;
   bbcp_Semaphore(int semval=1) {if (sem_init(&h_semaphore, 0, semval))
                                    {throw "sem_init() failed", errno;}
                                }
- ~bbcp_Semaphore() {if (sem_destroy(&h_semaphore))
+ ~bbcp_Semaphore() throw(std::exception) {if (sem_destroy(&h_semaphore))
                        {throw "sem_destroy() failed", errno;}
                    }