diff --git a/netutils/ping/.gitignore b/netutils/ping/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f21c854d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netutils/ping/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/.built
+/.depend
+/Make.dep
+/*.src
+/*.obj
+/*.lst
diff --git a/netutils/telnetd/telnetd_daemon.c b/netutils/telnetd/telnetd_daemon.c
index b8ab6445c..238a1e02d 100644
--- a/netutils/telnetd/telnetd_daemon.c
+++ b/netutils/telnetd/telnetd_daemon.c
@@ -272,9 +272,11 @@ static int telnetd_daemon(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   for (;;)
     {
+      socklen_t accptlen;
+
       ninfo("Accepting connections on port %d\n", ntohs(daemon->port));
 
-      socklen_t accptlen = sizeof(addr);
+      accptlen = sizeof(addr);
       acceptsd = accept(listensd, &addr.generic, &accptlen);
       if (acceptsd < 0)
         {