diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 44425338b9..a7cae47928 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -5710,3 +5710,15 @@ David  16 June 2009
         boinc_getsockopt.m4
     lib/
         network.cpp,h
+
+David  16 June 2009
+    - don't include config.h from parse.h
+    - manager: compile fix
+
+    clientgui/
+        BOINCClientManager.cpp
+    lib/
+        parse.h
+        util.cpp
+
+
diff --git a/clientgui/BOINCClientManager.cpp b/clientgui/BOINCClientManager.cpp
index 133e7ed957..df5a0e51e8 100644
--- a/clientgui/BOINCClientManager.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/BOINCClientManager.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ bool CBOINCClientManager::IsBOINCCoreRunning() {
     char path[1024];
     static FILE_LOCK file_lock;
     
-    sprintf(path, "%s/%s", (char *)wxGetApp().GetDataDirectory().char_str(), LOCK_FILE_NAME);
+    sprintf(path, "%s/%s", (char *)wxGetApp().GetDataDirectory().c_str(), LOCK_FILE_NAME);
     if (boinc_file_exists(path)) {   // If there is no lock file, core is not running
         if (file_lock.lock(path)) {
             running = true;
diff --git a/lib/parse.h b/lib/parse.h
index 7a61e1c040..d9775d6d94 100644
--- a/lib/parse.h
+++ b/lib/parse.h
@@ -21,18 +21,10 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "boinc_win.h"
 #else
-#include "config.h"
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <math.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_IEEEFP_H
-#include <ieeefp.h>
-extern "C" {
-int finite(double);
-}
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "miofile.h"
@@ -56,6 +48,8 @@ public:
     void skip_unexpected(const char*, bool verbose, const char*);
 };
 
+extern bool boinc_is_finite(double);
+
 /////////////// START DEPRECATED XML PARSER
 // Deprecated because it makes assumptions about
 // the format of the XML being parsed
@@ -92,15 +86,11 @@ inline bool parse_double(const char* buf, const char* tag, double& x) {
     const char* p = strstr(buf, tag);
     if (!p) return false;
     y = atof(p+strlen(tag));
-#if defined (HPUX_SOURCE)
-    if (_Isfinite(y)) {
-#else
-    if (finite(y)) {
-#endif
-        x = y;
-        return true;
+    if (!boinc_is_finite(y)) {
+        return false;
     }
-    return false;
+    x = y;
+    return true;
 }
 
 extern bool parse(char* , char* );
diff --git a/lib/util.cpp b/lib/util.cpp
index 7772b3c15e..ea1adbfd2c 100644
--- a/lib/util.cpp
+++ b/lib/util.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
+#ifdef HAVE_IEEEFP_H
+#include <ieeefp.h>
+extern "C" {
+    int finite(double);
+}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "error_numbers.h"
@@ -520,4 +526,13 @@ int wait_client_mutex(const char* dir, double timeout) {
     return ERR_ALREADY_RUNNING;
 }
 
+bool boinc_is_finite(double x) {
+#if defined (HPUX_SOURCE)
+    return _Isfinite(x);
+    return false;
+#else
+    return finite(x);
+#endif
+}
+
 const char *BOINC_RCSID_ab65c90e1e = "$Id$";