diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index ffdec89543..e9f3037df3 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -2661,9 +2661,12 @@ sub descramble
     );
     my ($str) = @_;
 
-    # This should never happen, the same password format (A) bas been
+    # This should never happen, the same password format (A) has been
     # used by CVS since the beginning of time
-    die "invalid password format $1" unless substr($str, 0, 1) eq 'A';
+    {
+        my $fmt = substr($str, 0, 1);
+        die "invalid password format `$fmt'" unless $fmt eq 'A';
+    }
 
     my @str = unpack "C*", substr($str, 1);
     my $ret = join '', map { chr $SHIFTS[$_] } @str;
diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index d2584fedd8..2fb7c2d77b 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.min.css
 GITWEB_CSS = static/gitweb.min.css
 all:: static/gitweb.min.css
 static/gitweb.min.css: static/gitweb.css GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(CSSMIN) <$ >$@
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(CSSMIN) <$< >$@
 else
 GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.css
 endif