--- apps/codecs/demac/libdemac/entropy.c	Fri Feb  4 17:07:20 2011
+++ apps/codecs/demac/libdemac/entropy.c.new	Fri Feb  4 16:58:45 2011
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     return tmp;
 }
 
-static inline int short range_decode_short(void)
+static inline unsigned int short range_decode_short(void)
 {   int tmp = range_decode_culshift(16);
     range_decode_update( 1,tmp);
     return tmp;