diff -up iputils-s20071127/ping_common.c.warnings iputils-s20071127/ping_common.c
--- iputils-s20071127/ping_common.c.warnings	2008-06-02 13:29:27.000000000 +0200
+++ iputils-s20071127/ping_common.c	2008-06-02 13:29:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ resend:
 			 * high preload or pipe size is very confusing. */
 			if ((preload < screen_width && pipesize < screen_width) ||
 			    in_flight() < screen_width)
-				write(STDOUT_FILENO, ".", 1);
+				printf(".");
 		}
 		return interval - tokens;
 	}
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ resend:
 
 	if (i == 0 && !(options & F_QUIET)) {
 		if (options & F_FLOOD)
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "E", 1);
+			printf("E");
 		else
 			perror("ping: sendmsg");
 	}
@@ -717,9 +717,9 @@ restamp:
 
 	if (options & F_FLOOD) {
 		if (!csfailed)
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\b \b", 3);
+			printf("\b \b");
 		else
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\bC", 1);
+			printf("\bC");
 	} else {
 		int i;
 		__u8 *cp, *dp;
diff -up iputils-s20071127/clockdiff.c.warnings iputils-s20071127/clockdiff.c
--- iputils-s20071127/clockdiff.c.warnings	2007-11-27 01:57:27.000000000 +0100
+++ iputils-s20071127/clockdiff.c	2008-06-02 13:29:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -628,8 +628,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	nice(-16);
-
 	if ((measure_status = (ip_opt_len ? measure_opt : measure)(&server)) < 0) {
 		if (errno)
 			perror("measure");
diff -up iputils-s20071127/ping6.c.warnings iputils-s20071127/ping6.c
--- iputils-s20071127/ping6.c.warnings	2008-06-02 13:30:06.000000000 +0200
+++ iputils-s20071127/ping6.c	2008-06-02 13:31:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ int receive_error_msg()
 		if (options & F_QUIET)
 			goto out;
 		if (options & F_FLOOD)
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "E", 1);
+			printf("E");
 		else if (e->ee_errno != EMSGSIZE)
 			fprintf(stderr, "ping: local error: %s\n", strerror(e->ee_errno));
 		else
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ int receive_error_msg()
 		if (options & F_QUIET)
 			goto out;
 		if (options & F_FLOOD) {
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\bE", 2);
+			printf("\bE");
 		} else {
 			print_timestamp();
 			printf("From %s icmp_seq=%u ", pr_addr(&sin6->sin6_addr), ntohs(icmph.icmp6_seq));
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ parse_reply(struct msghdr *msg, int cc, 
 				return 0;
 			nerrors++;
 			if (options & F_FLOOD) {
-				write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\bE", 2);
+				printf("\bE");
 				return 0;
 			}
 			print_timestamp();
diff -up iputils-s20071127/ping.c.warnings iputils-s20071127/ping.c
--- iputils-s20071127/ping.c.warnings	2008-06-02 13:29:27.000000000 +0200
+++ iputils-s20071127/ping.c	2008-06-02 13:29:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		source.sin_port = 0;
 		close(probe_fd);
-	} while (0);
+	}
 
 	if (whereto.sin_addr.s_addr == 0)
 		whereto.sin_addr.s_addr = source.sin_addr.s_addr;
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int receive_error_msg()
 		if (options & F_QUIET)
 			goto out;
 		if (options & F_FLOOD)
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "E", 1);
+			printf("E");
 		else if (e->ee_errno != EMSGSIZE)
 			fprintf(stderr, "ping: local error: %s\n", strerror(e->ee_errno));
 		else
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ int receive_error_msg()
 		if (options & F_QUIET)
 			goto out;
 		if (options & F_FLOOD) {
-			write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\bE", 2);
+			printf("\bE");
 		} else {
 			print_timestamp();
 			printf("From %s icmp_seq=%u ", pr_addr(sin->sin_addr.s_addr), ntohs(icmph.un.echo.sequence));
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ parse_reply(struct msghdr *msg, int cc, 
 					return !error_pkt;
 				if (options & F_FLOOD) {
 					if (error_pkt)
-						write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\bE", 2);
+						printf("\bE");
 					return !error_pkt;
 				}
 				print_timestamp();
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ parse_reply(struct msghdr *msg, int cc, 
 		}
 		if ((options & F_FLOOD) && !(options & (F_VERBOSE|F_QUIET))) {
 			if (!csfailed)
-				write(STDOUT_FILENO, "!E", 2);
+				printf("!E");
 			else
-				write(STDOUT_FILENO, "!EC", 3);
+				printf("!EC");
 			return 0;
 		}
 		if (!(options & F_VERBOSE) || uid)