powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.0 catch 2 warnings about uninitialized usage. Reading the code I have to agree with it,

even if it's highly improbable that it could happens in real life. But we never know ...

This commit was SVN r8393.

opal/mca/base/mca_base_components_open.c

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static int parse_requested(int mca_param, bool *include_mode,
   char *tmp;
 
   *requested_component_names = NULL;
+  *include_mode = true;
 
   /* See if the user requested anything */
 
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ static int parse_requested(int mca_param, bool *include_mode,
 
   /* Are we including or excluding? */
 
-  *include_mode = true;
   for (i = 0; NULL != (*requested_component_names)[i]; ++i) {
       if (negate == *((*requested_component_names)[i])) {
           tmp = strdup((*requested_component_names)[i] + 1);

opal/mca/base/mca_base_param.c

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(mca_base_param_info_t, opal_list_item_t,
 int mca_base_param_init(void)
 {
     int id;
-    char *files, *new_files;
+    char *files, *new_files = NULL;
 
     if (!initialized) {