diff --git a/s/build b/s/build
index 3f193a7bd..ea0f5f3d0 100755
--- a/s/build
+++ b/s/build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ while [ ! -d $ROOT/.git ]; do
   ROOT=`dirname $ROOT`
 done
 
-[ -z "$CC" ] && CC=clang
 [ -z "$BUILD" ] && BUILD=Debug
 
 [ -z "$JOBS" ] && [ "" != "which nproc" ] && JOBS=`nproc`
@@ -14,11 +13,15 @@ JOBS=`distcc -j`
 if [ -z "$JOBS" ] ; then
 JOBS=1
 elif [ $JOBS -gt 1 ] ; then
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which clang` ] && CC="clang"
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which gcc` ] && CC="gcc"
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which tcc` ] && CC="tcc"
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which cc` ] && CC="cc"
 CC="$DISTCC $CC"
 MAKEOPTS=-j$JOBS
 fi
 fi
-echo "Building with CC=$CC and $JOBS jobs"
+echo "Building with $JOBS jobs"
 
 if [ ! -d $ROOT/$BUILD ]; then
   echo "cannot find build directory $BUILD in $ROOT. did you run cmake-init?"
diff --git a/s/cmake-init b/s/cmake-init
index 3a8408b1a..05bae5540 100755
--- a/s/cmake-init
+++ b/s/cmake-init
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ done
 
 [ -z $BUILD ] && BUILD=Debug
 MACHINE=`uname -m`
-[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which gcc` ] && CC="clang"
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which clang` ] && CC="clang"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which gcc` ] && CC="gcc"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which tcc` ] && CC="tcc"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which cc` ] && CC="cc"
diff --git a/s/install b/s/install
index 31b94052d..5daa7cbc9 100755
--- a/s/install
+++ b/s/install
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ done
 DEST=$(dirname $ROOT)/server
 
 MACHINE=`uname -m`
+[ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which clang` ] && CC="clang"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which gcc` ] && CC="gcc"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which tcc` ] && CC="tcc"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which cc` ] && CC="cc"
diff --git a/src/battle.c b/src/battle.c
index a47db8163..319aa4151 100644
--- a/src/battle.c
+++ b/src/battle.c
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ void do_combatmagic(battle * b, combatmagic_t was)
     if (was == DO_PRECOMBATSPELL) {
         for (s = b->sides; s != b->sides + b->nsides; ++s) {
             fighter *fig = 0;
-            if (fval(s->faction, FFL_CURSED) && s->bf->attacker) {
+            if (s->bf->attacker && fval(s->faction, FFL_CURSED)) {
                 spell *sp = find_spell("igjarjuk");
                 if (sp) {
                     int si;
diff --git a/src/kernel/spell.c b/src/kernel/spell.c
index 6b161fc99..05e1ab8e8 100644
--- a/src/kernel/spell.c
+++ b/src/kernel/spell.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ spell *find_spell(const char *name)
         cb_get_kv(match, &sp, sizeof(sp));
     }
     else {
-        log_warning("find_spell: could not find spell '%s'\n", name);
+        log_debug("find_spell: could not find spell '%s'\n", name);
     }
     return sp;
 }
diff --git a/src/reports.c b/src/reports.c
index f09344ee1..ce66d273f 100644
--- a/src/reports.c
+++ b/src/reports.c
@@ -120,27 +120,27 @@ const char *combatstatus[] = {
     "status_avoid", "status_flee"
 };
 
-const char *report_kampfstatus(const unit * u, const struct locale *lang)
+size_t report_status(const unit * u, const struct locale *lang, char *fsbuf, size_t buflen)
 {
-    static char fsbuf[64]; // FIXME: static return value
     const char * status = LOC(lang, combatstatus[u->status]);
+    size_t len = 0;
 
     if (!status) {
         const char *lname = locale_name(lang);
         struct locale *wloc = get_or_create_locale(lname);
         log_error("no translation for combat status %s in %s", combatstatus[u->status], lname);
         locale_setstring(wloc, combatstatus[u->status], combatstatus[u->status]);
-        strlcpy(fsbuf, combatstatus[u->status], sizeof(fsbuf));
+        len = strlcpy(fsbuf, combatstatus[u->status], buflen);
     }
     else {
-        strlcpy(fsbuf, status, sizeof(fsbuf));
+        len = strlcpy(fsbuf, status, buflen);
     }
     if (fval(u, UFL_NOAID)) {
-        strcat(fsbuf, ", ");
-        strcat(fsbuf, LOC(lang, "status_noaid"));
+        len += strlcat(fsbuf+len, ", ", buflen-len);
+        len += strlcat(fsbuf+len, LOC(lang, "status_noaid"), buflen-len);
     }
 
-    return fsbuf;
+    return len;
 }
 
 const char *hp_status(const unit * u)
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ size_t size)
         const char *c = hp_status(u);
         c = c ? LOC(f->locale, c) : 0;
         bufp = STRLCPY(bufp, ", ", size);
-        bufp = STRLCPY(bufp, report_kampfstatus(u, f->locale), size);
+        bufp += report_status(u, f->locale, bufp, size);
         if (c || fval(u, UFL_HUNGER)) {
             bufp = STRLCPY(bufp, " (", size);
             if (c) {
diff --git a/src/reports.h b/src/reports.h
index 2b3f9d51d..2c71803c3 100644
--- a/src/reports.h
+++ b/src/reports.h
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
     const char *trailinto(const struct region *r,
         const struct locale *lang);
-    const char *report_kampfstatus(const struct unit *u,
-        const struct locale *lang);
+    size_t report_status(const struct unit *u,
+        const struct locale *lang, char *buf, size_t siz);
 
     void register_reports(void);
 
diff --git a/src/spy.c b/src/spy.c
index 7343213c9..eeca4e1d1 100644
--- a/src/spy.c
+++ b/src/spy.c
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 * Spionage des Spions */
 void spy_message(int spy, const unit * u, const unit * target)
 {
-    const char *str = report_kampfstatus(target, u->faction->locale);
+    char status[32];
+
+    report_status(target, u->faction->locale, status, sizeof(status));
 
     ADDMSG(&u->faction->msgs, msg_message("spyreport", "spy target status", u,
-        target, str));
+        target, status));
     if (spy > 20) {
         sc_mage *mage = get_mage(target);
         /* for mages, spells and magic school */