2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/unit/cookies.c b/test/unit/cookies.c
index 923f5227..ce122ffc 100644
--- a/test/unit/cookies.c
+++ b/test/unit/cookies.c
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ static int Dpi_check_dpid(int num_tries)
 static int Dpi_blocking_start_dpid(void)
 {
    int cst, try = 0,
-       n_tries = 12; /* 3 seconds */
+       n_tries = 3; /* 3 seconds */
 
    /* test the dpid, and wait a bit for it to start if necessary */
    while ((cst = Dpi_check_dpid(n_tries)) == 1) {
       MSG("Dpi_blocking_start_dpid: try %d\n", ++try);
-      usleep(250000); /* 1/4 sec */
+      sleep(1); /* 1/4 sec */
    }
    return cst;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/unicode_test.cc b/test/unit/unicode_test.cc
index 0824cdd0..ffcc1627 100644
--- a/test/unit/unicode_test.cc
+++ b/test/unit/unicode_test.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
    // not 0-terminated; copy from 0-terminated
    int t2len = strlen (t1);
-   char t2[t2len];
+   char *t2 = new char[t2len];
    for (int i = 0; i < t2len; i++)
       t2[i] = t1[i];
 
@@ -54,5 +54,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
       printf ("%3d -> U+%04x\n", (int)(s - t2),
               decodeUtf8(s, t2len - (s - t2)));
 
+   delete[] t2;
+
    return 0;
 }