diff --git a/build/rpmfc.c b/build/rpmfc.c
index ac19e82..8ee2400 100644
--- a/build/rpmfc.c
+++ b/build/rpmfc.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ top:
 	    if ((nbw = write(toProg[1], writePtr,
 		    (1024<writeBytesLeft) ? 1024 : writeBytesLeft)) < 0) {
 	        if (errno != EAGAIN) {
-		    perror("getOutputFrom()");
+		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, _("%s: failure writing to %s: %m\n"),
+			   __func__, argv[0]);
 	            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	        nbw = 0;
diff --git a/scripts/fontconfig.prov b/scripts/fontconfig.prov
index 8638680..bfb6ea0 100755
--- a/scripts/fontconfig.prov
+++ b/scripts/fontconfig.prov
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 
 fcquery=/usr/bin/fc-query
 
-[ -x $fcquery ] || exit 0
+if [ ! -x $fcquery ]; then
+    cat > /dev/null
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 # filter out anything outside main fontconfig path
 grep /usr/share/fonts/ |