diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 742ccac53401f464a7eb055c9e3facfa69dfd3b0..aafc886c5f075e2b21c9e9d98b2102913480355c 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-04-16  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
+
+	* java/io/natFileDescriptorPosix.cc (open): Use mode 0666. Fix for PR
+	libgcj/202.
+	(available): Initialize `where' to prevent bogus compiler warning.
+
 2000-04-12  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	* java/lang/natString.cc (intern): Temporarily disable finalizer
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/natFileDescriptorPosix.cc b/libjava/java/io/natFileDescriptorPosix.cc
index ab95307c06b9b936b1ee4328c12d9e52d75b14a9..50be35c24befa608dd3008436e4fd265f86ab83c 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/natFileDescriptorPosix.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/io/natFileDescriptorPosix.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ java::io::FileDescriptor::open (jstring path, jint jflags)
 #endif
 
   JvAssert ((jflags & READ) || (jflags & WRITE));
-  int mode = 0644;
+  int mode = 0666;
   if ((jflags & READ) && (jflags & WRITE))
     flags |= O_RDWR;
   else if ((jflags & READ))
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ java::io::FileDescriptor::available (void)
   if (! num_set)
     {
       struct stat sb;
-      off_t where;
+      off_t where = 0;
       if (fstat (fd, &sb) != -1
 	  && S_ISREG (sb.st_mode)
 	  && (where = lseek (fd, SEEK_CUR, 0)) != (off_t) -1)