diff -urp global-6.3.3/gtags-cscope/exec.c global-6.3-3/gtags-cscope/exec.c
--- global-6.3.3/gtags-cscope/exec.c	2014-11-26 12:49:36 +1000
+++ global-6.3-3/gtags-cscope/exec.c	2014-11-27 10:12:20 +1000
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ execute(char *a, ...)	/* note: "exec" is
 #if !HAVE_FORK
 	/* HBB 20010313: in MSDOG, everything is completely different.
 	 * No fork()/exec()/wait(), but rather a single libc call: */
-        exitcode = spawnvp(P_WAIT, a, argv);
+	exitcode = spawnvp(P_WAIT, a, (const char* const*)argv);
 #else
 	if ((p = myfork()) == 0) {
 		myexecvp(a, argv);	/* child */
diff -urp global-6.3.3/libutil/dbop.c global-6.3-3/libutil/dbop.c
--- global-6.3.3/libutil/dbop.c	2014-11-26 12:49:36 +1000
+++ global-6.3-3/libutil/dbop.c	2014-11-27 10:00:30 +1000
@@ -845,8 +845,15 @@ dbop3_open(const char *path, int mode, i
 		/*
 		 * In case of creation.
 		 */
-		if (mode == 1)
+		if (mode == 1) {
+#ifndef _WIN32
 			(void)truncate(path, 0);
+#else
+			FILE* f = fopen(path, "w");
+			if (f)
+				fclose(f);
+#endif
+		}
 		tblname = "db";
 	}
 	/*
@@ -866,7 +873,7 @@ dbop3_open(const char *path, int mode, i
 		assert(0);
 	}
 	/*
-	 * When the forth argument is NULL, sqlite3_vfs is used.
+	 * When the fourth argument is NULL, sqlite3_vfs is used.
 	 */
 	rc = sqlite3_open_v2(path, &db3, rw, NULL);
 	if (rc != SQLITE_OK)