diff --git a/HTMLparser.c b/HTMLparser.c
index c6fcbc9..0985d1d 100644
--- a/HTMLparser.c
+++ b/HTMLparser.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 htmlParseErr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
              const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 htmlParseErrInt(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
              const char *msg, int val)
 {
diff --git a/SAX2.c b/SAX2.c
index ffef3e1..5cbb700 100644
--- a/SAX2.c
+++ b/SAX2.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * @ctxt:  an XML validation parser context
  * @msg:   a string to accompany the error message
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0)
 xmlSAX2ErrMemory(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *msg) {
     xmlStructuredErrorFunc schannel = NULL;
     const char *str1 = "out of memory\n";
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlErrValid(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
             const char *msg, const char *str1, const char *str2)
 {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlFatalErrMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a parser warning
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlWarnMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1)
 {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a namespace error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlNsErrMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
             const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a namespace warning
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlNsWarnMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
              const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
diff --git a/catalog.c b/catalog.c
index ac6e981..6dfdfbb 100644
--- a/catalog.c
+++ b/catalog.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a catalog error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlCatalogErr(xmlCatalogEntryPtr catal, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2,
 	       const xmlChar *str3)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ffa01f..911984e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
     fi
 
     # warnings we'd like to see
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls"
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wno-format-extra-args -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls"
     # warnings we'd like to supress
     CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-long-long"
     case "${host}" in
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@
 	fi
     fi
     if test "${GCC}" = "yes" ; then
-    CFLAGS="-g -O -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls -Wall"
+    CFLAGS="-g -O -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wno-format-extra-args -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls -Wall"
     fi
     STATIC_BINARIES="-static"
 dnl -Wcast-qual -ansi
diff --git a/debugXML.c b/debugXML.c
index e34b140..a1b550a 100644
--- a/debugXML.c
+++ b/debugXML.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		    NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0,
 		    "%s", msg);
 }
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlDebugErr2(xmlDebugCtxtPtr ctxt, int error, const char *msg, int extra)
 {
     ctxt->errors++;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 		    NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0,
 		    msg, extra);
 }
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlDebugErr3(xmlDebugCtxtPtr ctxt, int error, const char *msg, const char *extra)
 {
     ctxt->errors++;
diff --git a/encoding.c b/encoding.c
index 574e1ae..e49c7f8 100644
--- a/encoding.c
+++ b/encoding.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
  *
  * n encoding error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0)
 xmlEncodingErr(xmlParserErrors error, const char *msg, const char *val)
 {
     __xmlRaiseError(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/entities.c b/entities.c
index a72afb3..64808ff 100644
--- a/entities.c
+++ b/entities.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  *
  * Handle an out of memory condition
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0)
 xmlEntitiesErr(xmlParserErrors code, const char *msg)
 {
     __xmlSimpleError(XML_FROM_TREE, code, NULL, msg, NULL);
diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 4ca6838..9606f13 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 void XMLCDECL xmlGenericErrorDefaultFunc	(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 				 const char *msg,
-				 ...);
+				 ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3);
 
 #define XML_GET_VAR_STR(msg, str) {				\
     int       size, prev_size = -1;				\
diff --git a/include/libxml/parserInternals.h b/include/libxml/parserInternals.h
index 6065320..f30fc68 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parserInternals.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parserInternals.h
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 						 xmlParserErrors xmlerr,
 						 const char *msg,
 						 const xmlChar * str1,
-						 const xmlChar * str2);
+						 const xmlChar * str2) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0);
 #endif
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlerror.h b/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
index 43e68ca..037c16d 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlerror.h
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@
 				 int code,
 				 xmlNodePtr node,
 				 const char *msg,
-				 const char *extra);
+				 const char *extra) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0);
 #endif
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlstring.h b/include/libxml/xmlstring.h
index 2036236..2d0b2d1 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlstring.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlstring.h
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@
 XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL
                 xmlStrPrintf             (xmlChar *buf,
                                          int len,
-                                         const xmlChar *msg,
-                                         ...);
+                                         const char *msg,
+                                         ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,4);
 XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL
                 xmlStrVPrintf                (xmlChar *buf,
                                          int len,
-                                         const xmlChar *msg,
-                                         va_list ap);
+                                         const char *msg,
+                                         va_list ap) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0);
 
 XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL
         xmlGetUTF8Char                   (const unsigned char *utf,
diff --git a/libxml.h b/libxml.h
index 2da9044..4558b70 100644
--- a/libxml.h
+++ b/libxml.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
  * internal error reporting routines, shared but not partof the API.
  */
 void __xmlIOErr(int domain, int code, const char *extra);
-void __xmlLoaderErr(void *ctx, const char *msg, const char *filename);
+void __xmlLoaderErr(void *ctx, const char *msg, const char *filename) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0);
 #ifdef LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED
 /*
  * internal function of HTML parser needed for xmlParseInNodeContext
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index f6d652e..15c606f 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@
 xmlFatalErr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error, const char *info)
 {
     const char *errmsg;
-    char errstr[129] = "";
 
     if ((ctxt != NULL) && (ctxt->disableSAX != 0) &&
         (ctxt->instate == XML_PARSER_EOF))
@@ -533,15 +532,17 @@
         default:
             errmsg = "Unregistered error message";
     }
-    if (info == NULL)
-        snprintf(errstr, 128, "%s\n", errmsg);
-    else
-        snprintf(errstr, 128, "%s: %%s\n", errmsg);
     if (ctxt != NULL)
 	ctxt->errNo = error;
-    __xmlRaiseError(NULL, NULL, NULL, ctxt, NULL, XML_FROM_PARSER, error,
-                    XML_ERR_FATAL, NULL, 0, info, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, &errstr[0],
-                    info);
+    if (info == NULL) {
+        __xmlRaiseError(NULL, NULL, NULL, ctxt, NULL, XML_FROM_PARSER, error,
+                        XML_ERR_FATAL, NULL, 0, info, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, "%s\n",
+                        errmsg);
+    } else {
+        __xmlRaiseError(NULL, NULL, NULL, ctxt, NULL, XML_FROM_PARSER, error,
+                        XML_ERR_FATAL, NULL, 0, info, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, "%s: %s\n",
+                        errmsg, info);
+    }
     if (ctxt != NULL) {
 	ctxt->wellFormed = 0;
 	if (ctxt->recovery == 0)
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlFatalErrMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                const char *msg)
 {
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a warning.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlWarningMsg(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
               const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validity error.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlValidityError(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
               const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
 {
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlFatalErrMsgInt(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                   const char *msg, int val)
 {
@@ -693,7 +694,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlFatalErrMsgStrIntStr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                   const char *msg, const xmlChar *str1, int val,
 		  const xmlChar *str2)
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlFatalErrMsgStr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                   const char *msg, const xmlChar * val)
 {
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a non fatal parser error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlErrMsgStr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                   const char *msg, const xmlChar * val)
 {
@@ -777,7 +778,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a fatal parser error, i.e. violating Well-Formedness constraints
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlNsErr(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
          const char *msg,
          const xmlChar * info1, const xmlChar * info2,
@@ -806,7 +807,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a namespace warning error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlNsWarn(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
          const char *msg,
          const xmlChar * info1, const xmlChar * info2,
@@ -5522,7 +5523,7 @@
 	    skipped = SKIP_BLANKS;
 	    if (skipped == 0) {
 		xmlFatalErrMsg(ctxt, XML_ERR_SPACE_REQUIRED,
-			       "Space required after '%'\n");
+			       "Space required after '%%'\n");
 	    }
 	    isParameter = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/parserInternals.c b/parserInternals.c
index 6c3995c..8c79678 100644
--- a/parserInternals.c
+++ b/parserInternals.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
  *
  * Handle an internal error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0)
 xmlErrInternal(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *msg, const xmlChar * str)
 {
     if ((ctxt != NULL) && (ctxt->disableSAX != 0) &&
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
  *
  * n encoding error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlErrEncodingInt(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                   const char *msg, int val)
 {
diff --git a/relaxng.c b/relaxng.c
index 5779e7f..345f354 100644
--- a/relaxng.c
+++ b/relaxng.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a Relax NG Parsing error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlRngPErr(xmlRelaxNGParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
            const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1, const xmlChar * str2)
 {
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a Relax NG Validation error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlRngVErr(xmlRelaxNGValidCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
            const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1, const xmlChar * str2)
 {
diff --git a/schematron.c b/schematron.c
index 458984f..6200f2d 100644
--- a/schematron.c
+++ b/schematron.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a parser error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlSchematronPErr(xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
               const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1, const xmlChar * str2)
 {
diff --git a/testModule.c b/testModule.c
index e399f5c..77b7ba1 100644
--- a/testModule.c
+++ b/testModule.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     /* build the module filename, and confirm the module exists */
     xmlStrPrintf(filename, sizeof(filename),
-                 (const xmlChar*) "%s/testdso%s",
+                 "%s/testdso%s",
                  (const xmlChar*)MODULE_PATH,
 		 (const xmlChar*)LIBXML_MODULE_EXTENSION);
 
diff --git a/valid.c b/valid.c
index 6567f15..19f84b8 100644
--- a/valid.c
+++ b/valid.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlErrValid(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
             const char *msg, const char *extra)
 {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error, provide contextual informations
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlErrValidNode(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
                 xmlNodePtr node, xmlParserErrors error,
                 const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error, provide contextual informations
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlErrValidNodeNr(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
                 xmlNodePtr node, xmlParserErrors error,
                 const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1,
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error, provide contextual information
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlErrValidWarning(xmlValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
                 xmlNodePtr node, xmlParserErrors error,
                 const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1,
diff --git a/xinclude.c b/xinclude.c
index ff3dafb..e3bb43e 100644
--- a/xinclude.c
+++ b/xinclude.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
  *
  * Handle an XInclude error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlXIncludeErr(xmlXIncludeCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar *extra)
 {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
  *
  * Emit an XInclude warning.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlXIncludeWarn(xmlXIncludeCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar *extra)
 {
diff --git a/xmlIO.c b/xmlIO.c
index 8b13184..1a79c09 100644
--- a/xmlIO.c
+++ b/xmlIO.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@
 	xmlFreeZMemBuff( buff );
 	buff = NULL;
 	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    (const xmlChar *) "xmlCreateZMemBuff:  %s %d\n",
+		    "xmlCreateZMemBuff:  %s %d\n",
 		    "Error initializing compression context.  ZLIB error:",
 		    z_err );
 	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@
     else {
 	xmlChar msg[500];
 	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    (const xmlChar *) "xmlZMemBuffExtend:  %s %lu bytes.\n",
+		    "xmlZMemBuffExtend:  %s %lu bytes.\n",
 		    "Allocation failure extending output buffer to",
 		    new_size );
 	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@
 	if ( z_err != Z_OK ) {
 	    xmlChar msg[500];
 	    xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-			(const xmlChar *) "xmlZMemBuffAppend:  %s %d %s - %d",
+			"xmlZMemBuffAppend:  %s %d %s - %d",
 			"Compression error while appending",
 			len, "bytes to buffer.  ZLIB error", z_err );
 	    xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@
     else {
 	xmlChar msg[500];
 	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    (const xmlChar *) "xmlZMemBuffGetContent:  %s - %d\n",
+		    "xmlZMemBuffGetContent:  %s - %d\n",
 		    "Error flushing zlib buffers.  Error code", z_err );
 	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
     }
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@
 	if ( len < 0 ) {
 	    xmlChar msg[500];
 	    xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-			(const xmlChar *) "xmlIOHTTPWrite:  %s\n%s '%s'.\n",
+			"xmlIOHTTPWrite:  %s\n%s '%s'.\n",
 			"Error appending to internal buffer.",
 			"Error sending document to URI",
 			ctxt->uri );
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@
     if ( http_content == NULL ) {
 	xmlChar msg[500];
 	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		     (const xmlChar *) "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite:  %s '%s' %s '%s'.\n",
+		     "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite:  %s '%s' %s '%s'.\n",
 		     "Error retrieving content.\nUnable to",
 		     http_mthd, "data to URI", ctxt->uri );
 	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
@@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@
 	    else {
                 xmlChar msg[500];
                 xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-    (const xmlChar *) "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite: HTTP '%s' of %d %s\n'%s' %s %d\n",
+                      "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite: HTTP '%s' of %d %s\n'%s' %s %d\n",
 			    http_mthd, content_lgth,
 			    "bytes to URI", ctxt->uri,
 			    "failed.  HTTP return code:", http_rtn );
diff --git a/xmllint.c b/xmllint.c
index 00f1769..67f7adb 100644
--- a/xmllint.c
+++ b/xmllint.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
  *           message about the timing performed; format is a printf
  *           type argument
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(1,2)
 endTimer(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     long msec;
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 {
     begin = clock();
 }
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(1,2)
 endTimer(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     long msec;
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
      * Do nothing
      */
 }
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(1,2)
 endTimer(char *format, ...)
 {
     /*
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
  * Display and format an error messages, gives file, line, position and
  * extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlHTMLError(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
  * Display and format a warning messages, gives file, line, position and
  * extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlHTMLWarning(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
  * Display and format an validity error messages, gives file,
  * line, position and extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlHTMLValidityError(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
  * Display and format a validity warning messages, gives file, line,
  * position and extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlHTMLValidityWarning(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@
  * Display and format a warning messages, gives file, line, position and
  * extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 warningDebug(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@
  * Display and format a error messages, gives file, line, position and
  * extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 errorDebug(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@
  * Display and format a fatalError messages, gives file, line, position and
  * extra parameters.
  */
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 fatalErrorDebug(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
diff --git a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
index d416dac..f285790 100644
--- a/xmlreader.c
+++ b/xmlreader.c
@@ -4050,13 +4050,19 @@
 }
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_SCHEMAS_ENABLED
-static char *xmlTextReaderBuildMessage(const char *msg, va_list ap);
+static char *xmlTextReaderBuildMessage(const char *msg, va_list ap) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(1,0);
 
 static void XMLCDECL
-xmlTextReaderValidityError(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...);
+xmlTextReaderValidityError(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3);
 
 static void XMLCDECL
-xmlTextReaderValidityWarning(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...);
+xmlTextReaderValidityWarning(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3);
+
+static void XMLCDECL
+xmlTextReaderValidityErrorRelay(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3);
+
+static void XMLCDECL
+xmlTextReaderValidityWarningRelay(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3);
 
 static void XMLCDECL
 xmlTextReaderValidityErrorRelay(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
@@ -4850,7 +4856,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlTextReaderError(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
@@ -4863,7 +4869,7 @@
 
 }
 
-static void XMLCDECL
+static void XMLCDECL LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,3)
 xmlTextReaderWarning(void *ctxt, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
diff --git a/xmlschemas.c b/xmlschemas.c
index ee22a6d..76f2119 100644
--- a/xmlschemas.c
+++ b/xmlschemas.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@
 static void
 xmlSchemaInternalErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		     const char *funcName,
-		     const char *message);
+		     const char *message) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0);
 static int
 xmlSchemaCheckCOSSTDerivedOK(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr ctxt,
 			     xmlSchemaTypePtr type,
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a parser error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlSchemaPErr(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
               const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1, const xmlChar * str2)
 {
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a parser error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaPErr2(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node,
                xmlNodePtr child, int error,
                const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1, const xmlChar * str2)
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a parser error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(7,0)
 xmlSchemaPErrExt(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlNodePtr node, int error,
 		const xmlChar * strData1, const xmlChar * strData2,
 		const xmlChar * strData3, const char *msg, const xmlChar * str1,
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@
                      extra);
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(2,0)
 xmlSchemaPSimpleInternalErr(xmlNodePtr node,
 			    const char *msg, const xmlChar *str)
 {
@@ -2013,18 +2013,21 @@
 #define WXS_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR 1
 #define WXS_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING 2
 /**
- * xmlSchemaErr3:
+ * xmlSchemaErr4Line:
  * @ctxt: the validation context
- * @node: the context node
+ * @errorLevel: the error level
  * @error: the error code
+ * @node: the context node
+ * @line: the line number
  * @msg: the error message
  * @str1: extra data
  * @str2: extra data
  * @str3: extra data
+ * @str4: extra data
  *
  * Handle a validation error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(6,0)
 xmlSchemaErr4Line(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr ctxt,
 		  xmlErrorLevel errorLevel,
 		  int error, xmlNodePtr node, int line, const char *msg,
@@ -2139,7 +2142,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a validation error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlSchemaErr3(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 	      int error, xmlNodePtr node, const char *msg,
 	      const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2, const xmlChar *str3)
@@ -2148,7 +2151,7 @@
 	msg, str1, str2, str3, NULL);
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlSchemaErr4(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 	      int error, xmlNodePtr node, const char *msg,
 	      const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2,
@@ -2158,7 +2161,7 @@
 	msg, str1, str2, str3, str4);
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(4,0)
 xmlSchemaErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 	     int error, xmlNodePtr node, const char *msg,
 	     const xmlChar *str1, const xmlChar *str2)
@@ -2181,7 +2184,7 @@
 	/*
 	* Don't try to format other nodes than element and
 	* attribute nodes.
-	* Play save and return an empty string.
+	* Play safe and return an empty string.
 	*/
 	*msg = xmlStrdup(BAD_CAST "");
 	return(*msg);
@@ -2262,7 +2265,7 @@
     return (*msg);
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlSchemaInternalErr2(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		     const char *funcName,
 		     const char *message,
@@ -2273,24 +2276,21 @@
 
     if (actxt == NULL)
         return;
-    msg = xmlStrdup(BAD_CAST "Internal error: ");
-    msg = xmlStrcat(msg, BAD_CAST funcName);
-    msg = xmlStrcat(msg, BAD_CAST ", ");
+    msg = xmlStrdup(BAD_CAST "Internal error: %s, ");
     msg = xmlStrcat(msg, BAD_CAST message);
     msg = xmlStrcat(msg, BAD_CAST ".\n");
 
     if (actxt->type == XML_SCHEMA_CTXT_VALIDATOR)
-	xmlSchemaErr(actxt, XML_SCHEMAV_INTERNAL, NULL,
-	    (const char *) msg, str1, str2);
-
+	xmlSchemaErr3(actxt, XML_SCHEMAV_INTERNAL, NULL,
+	    (const char *) msg, (const xmlChar *) funcName, str1, str2);
     else if (actxt->type == XML_SCHEMA_CTXT_PARSER)
-	xmlSchemaErr(actxt, XML_SCHEMAP_INTERNAL, NULL,
-	    (const char *) msg, str1, str2);
+	xmlSchemaErr3(actxt, XML_SCHEMAP_INTERNAL, NULL,
+	    (const char *) msg, (const xmlChar *) funcName, str1, str2);
 
     FREE_AND_NULL(msg)
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlSchemaInternalErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		     const char *funcName,
 		     const char *message)
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@
 }
 
 #if 0
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlSchemaPInternalErr(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr pctxt,
 		     const char *funcName,
 		     const char *message,
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaCustomErr4(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		   xmlParserErrors error,
 		   xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@
     FREE_AND_NULL(msg)
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaCustomErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		   xmlParserErrors error,
 		   xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@
 
 
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaCustomWarning(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		   xmlParserErrors error,
 		   xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@
 
 
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaKeyrefErr(xmlSchemaValidCtxtPtr vctxt,
 		   xmlParserErrors error,
 		   xmlSchemaPSVIIDCNodePtr idcNode,
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@
     FREE_AND_NULL(msg)
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaComplexTypeErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		        xmlParserErrors error,
 		        xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@
     xmlFree(msg);
 }
 
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(8,0)
 xmlSchemaFacetErr(xmlSchemaAbstractCtxtPtr actxt,
 		  xmlParserErrors error,
 		  xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -2916,7 +2916,7 @@
  *
  * Reports an error during parsing.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaPCustomErrExt(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
 		    xmlParserErrors error,
 		    xmlSchemaBasicItemPtr item,
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@
  *
  * Reports an error during parsing.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(5,0)
 xmlSchemaPCustomErr(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
 		    xmlParserErrors error,
 		    xmlSchemaBasicItemPtr item,
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@
  *
  * Reports an attribute use error during parsing.
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(6,0)
 xmlSchemaPAttrUseErr4(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
 		    xmlParserErrors error,
 		    xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@
  * Reports a simple type validation error.
  * TODO: Should this report the value of an element as well?
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(8,0)
 xmlSchemaPSimpleTypeErr(xmlSchemaParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
 			xmlParserErrors error,
 			xmlSchemaBasicItemPtr ownerItem ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
diff --git a/xmlstring.c b/xmlstring.c
index 00287d4..42e380f 100644
--- a/xmlstring.c
+++ b/xmlstring.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
  * Returns the number of characters written to @buf or -1 if an error occurs.
  */
 int XMLCDECL
-xmlStrPrintf(xmlChar *buf, int len, const xmlChar *msg, ...) {
+xmlStrPrintf(xmlChar *buf, int len, const char *msg, ...) {
     va_list args;
     int ret;
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
  * Returns the number of characters written to @buf or -1 if an error occurs.
  */
 int
-xmlStrVPrintf(xmlChar *buf, int len, const xmlChar *msg, va_list ap) {
+xmlStrVPrintf(xmlChar *buf, int len, const char *msg, va_list ap) {
     int ret;
 
     if((buf == NULL) || (msg == NULL)) {
diff --git a/xmlwriter.c b/xmlwriter.c
index fac20ac..69541b8 100644
--- a/xmlwriter.c
+++ b/xmlwriter.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                                          const xmlChar * str, int len);
 static int xmlTextWriterCloseDocCallback(void *context);
 
-static xmlChar *xmlTextWriterVSprintf(const char *format, va_list argptr);
+static xmlChar *xmlTextWriterVSprintf(const char *format, va_list argptr) LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(1,0);
 static int xmlOutputBufferWriteBase64(xmlOutputBufferPtr out, int len,
                                       const unsigned char *data);
 static void xmlTextWriterStartDocumentCallback(void *ctx);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a writer error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlWriterErrMsgInt(xmlTextWriterPtr ctxt, xmlParserErrors error,
                const char *msg, int val)
 {
diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
index 620e814..113bce6 100644
--- a/xpath.c
+++ b/xpath.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
             xmlChar buf[200];
 
             xmlStrPrintf(buf, 200,
-                         BAD_CAST "Memory allocation failed : %s\n",
+                         "Memory allocation failed : %s\n",
                          extra);
             ctxt->lastError.message = (char *) xmlStrdup(buf);
         } else {
diff --git a/xpointer.c b/xpointer.c
index 4b4ac2e..676c510 100644
--- a/xpointer.c
+++ b/xpointer.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  *
  * Handle a redefinition of attribute error
  */
-static void
+static void LIBXML_ATTR_FORMAT(3,0)
 xmlXPtrErr(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, int error,
            const char * msg, const xmlChar *extra)
 {