diff --git a/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk b/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
index ae29043..9a1fc18 100644
--- a/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
+++ b/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ce1b882..f2590cb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ code-from-errno.h: mkerrcodes$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) Makefile
 
 errnos-sym.h: Makefile mkstrtable.awk errnos.in
 	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/mkstrtable.awk -v textidx=2 -v nogettext=1 \
-		-v prefix=GPG_ERR_ -v namespace=errnos_ \
+		-v prefix=GPG_ERR_ -v pkg_namespace=errnos_ \
 		$(srcdir)/errnos.in >$@
 
 
diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes.awk b/src/mkerrcodes.awk
index 46d436c..e9c857c 100644
--- a/src/mkerrcodes.awk
+++ b/src/mkerrcodes.awk
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes1.awk b/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
index a771a73..4578e29 100644
--- a/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
+++ b/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes2.awk b/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
index ea58503..188f7a4 100644
--- a/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
+++ b/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
diff --git a/src/mkerrnos.awk b/src/mkerrnos.awk
index f79df66..15b1aad 100644
--- a/src/mkerrnos.awk
+++ b/src/mkerrnos.awk
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
diff --git a/src/mkstrtable.awk b/src/mkstrtable.awk
index c9de9c1..152b2e3 100644
--- a/src/mkstrtable.awk
+++ b/src/mkstrtable.awk
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ header {
       print "/* The purpose of this complex string table is to produce";
       print "   optimal code with a minimum of relocations.  */";
       print "";
-      print "static const char " namespace "msgstr[] = ";
+      print "static const char " pkg_namespace "msgstr[] = ";
       header = 0;
     }
   else
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ header {
 }
 
 !header {
-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
+  sub (/#.+/, "");
   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
 
   if (/^$/)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ END {
   else
     print "  gettext_noop (\"" last_msgstr "\");";
   print "";
-  print "static const int " namespace "msgidx[] =";
+  print "static const int " pkg_namespace "msgidx[] =";
   print "  {";
   for (i = 0; i < coded_msgs; i++)
     print "    " pos[i] ",";
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ END {
   print "  };";
   print "";
   print "static GPG_ERR_INLINE int";
-  print namespace "msgidxof (int code)";
+  print pkg_namespace "msgidxof (int code)";
   print "{";
   print "  return (0 ? 0";