diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/configure.ac redland-1.0.16/configure.ac
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/configure.ac	2012-08-31 20:17:48.000000000 +0200
+++ redland-1.0.16/configure.ac	2013-01-02 18:32:15.254093603 +0100
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AM_SANITY_CHECK
 AM_PROG_AR
-AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CC_STDC
+AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC is clang)
 CC_IS_CLANG=no
diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_files.c redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_files.c
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_files.c	2011-08-01 05:56:47.000000000 +0200
+++ redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_files.c	2013-01-02 18:49:59.169792827 +0100
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
 #ifdef STANDALONE
 #define LIBRDF_DEBUG 1
 #endif
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@
   
 #ifdef HAVE_MKSTEMP
   /* Proritise mkstemp() since GNU libc says: Never use mktemp(). */
-  fd=mkstemp(name);
+  fd=mkostemp(name, O_CLOEXEC);
   if(fd<0) {
     LIBRDF_FREE(char*, name);
     return NULL;
diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_parser_raptor.c redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_parser_raptor.c
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_parser_raptor.c	2012-12-17 03:13:18.000000000 +0100
+++ redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_parser_raptor.c	2013-01-02 18:50:33.737360673 +0100
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
     if(!filename)
       return NULL;
 
-    fh=fopen(filename, "r");
+    fh=fopen(filename, "re");
     if(!fh) {
       librdf_log(pcontext->parser->world, 0, LIBRDF_LOG_ERROR,
                  LIBRDF_FROM_PARSER, NULL, "failed to open file '%s' - %s",
diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_query_results.c redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_query_results.c
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_query_results.c	2012-07-02 01:37:19.000000000 +0200
+++ redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_query_results.c	2013-01-02 18:51:03.936983126 +0100
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(query_results, query_results, 1);
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(name, string, 1);
 
-  fh = fopen(name, "w+");
+  fh = fopen(name, "w+e");
   if(!fh) {
     librdf_log(query_results->query->world, 0, LIBRDF_LOG_ERROR, 
                LIBRDF_FROM_QUERY, NULL, 
diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_serializer.c redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_serializer.c
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_serializer.c	2012-06-28 23:44:21.000000000 +0200
+++ redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_serializer.c	2013-01-02 18:52:37.006819593 +0100
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(name, string, 1);
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(stream, librdf_stream, 1);
 
-  fh=fopen(name, "w+");
+  fh=fopen(name, "w+e");
   if(!fh) {
     librdf_log(serializer->world, 0, LIBRDF_LOG_ERROR, LIBRDF_FROM_SERIALIZER,
                NULL, "failed to open file '%s' for writing - %s",
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(name, string, 1);
   LIBRDF_ASSERT_OBJECT_POINTER_RETURN_VALUE(model, librdf_model, 1);
 
-  fh=fopen(name, "w+");
+  fh=fopen(name, "w+e");
   if(!fh) {
     librdf_log(serializer->world, 0, LIBRDF_LOG_ERROR, LIBRDF_FROM_SERIALIZER,
                NULL, "failed to open file '%s' for writing - %s",
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
   stream=librdf_model_as_stream(model);
 
 #define FILENAME "test.rdf"
-  fh=fopen(FILENAME, "w");
+  fh=fopen(FILENAME, "we");
   if(!fh) {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: Failed to fopen for writing '%s' - %s\n",
             program, FILENAME, strerror(errno));
diff -ruN redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_storage_file.c redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_storage_file.c
--- redland-1.0.16.orig/src/rdf_storage_file.c	2012-06-27 05:55:51.000000000 +0200
+++ redland-1.0.16/src/rdf_storage_file.c	2013-01-02 18:53:02.916495677 +0100
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     return 1;
   }
   
-  fh=fopen(new_name, "w+");
+  fh=fopen(new_name, "w+e");
   if(!fh) {
     librdf_log(storage->world, 0, LIBRDF_LOG_ERROR, LIBRDF_FROM_STORAGE, NULL,
                "failed to open file '%s' for writing - %s",