diff --git a/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in b/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
index ccb2cba3b..f62ba899e 100644
--- a/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
+++ b/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ do_view_action() {
         file "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" && nm -C "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
         ;;
     lib)
-        gplib -t "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" || >&2 | \
-            @PERL@ -e '@a=split /[\s\t]+/, <>; printf ("%-30s | %10d | %s.%s.%02d | %s\n", $a[0], ($a[1]*1),$a[7], lc($a[4]), $a[5], $a[6]);'
+        gplib -t "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" | \
+            @PERL@ -e 'while (<>) { @a=split /[\s\t]+/, $_; printf ("%-30s | %10d | %s.%s.%02d | %s\n", $a[0], ($a[1]*1),$a[7], lc($a[4]), $a[5], $a[6]);}'
         ;;
     so)
         file "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" && nm -C -D "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
diff --git a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulib.in b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulib.in
index cabcc4685..418611f5c 100644
--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulib.in
+++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulib.in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sub mc_ulib_fs_copyout
     my($module, $fname) = @_;
     my $tmpdir = $ENV{'TMPDIR'};
 
-    $tmpdir = '/tmp' if ($tmpdir eq '');
+    $tmpdir = '/tmp' if (! defined $tmpdir or $tmpdir eq '');
 
     open(PIPE, "$gplib -tq $archive |") || die("Error in: $gplib -tq");