diff --git a/extensions/nvidia.sh b/extensions/nvidia.sh
index 608cda090..fe9cdf089 100644
--- a/extensions/nvidia.sh
+++ b/extensions/nvidia.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ function post_install_kernel_debs__build_nvidia_kernel_module() {
 	# chroot_sdcard_apt_get_install() is in lib/logging/runners.sh which handles "running" of stuff nicely.
 	# chroot_sdcard_apt_get_install() -> chroot_sdcard_apt_get() -> chroot_sdcard() -> run_host_command_logged_raw()
 	# it handles bash-specific quoting issues, apt proxies, logging, and errors.
-	declare -agx if_error_find_files_sdcard=("/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/*/build/make.log")
+	declare -ag if_error_find_files_sdcard=("/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/*/build/make.log")
 	chroot_sdcard_apt_get_install "nvidia-dkms-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" "nvidia-driver-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" nvidia-settings
 }
diff --git a/extensions/zfs.sh b/extensions/zfs.sh
index f1baa63ed..cd110fbdc 100644
--- a/extensions/zfs.sh
+++ b/extensions/zfs.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function extension_finish_config__build_zfs_kernel_module() {
 function post_install_kernel_debs__build_zfs_kernel_module() {
 	[[ "${INSTALL_HEADERS}" != "yes" ]] || [[ "${KERNEL_HAS_WORKING_HEADERS}" != "yes" ]] && return 0
 	display_alert "Install ZFS packages, will build kernel module in chroot" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-	declare -agx if_error_find_files_sdcard=("/var/lib/dkms/zfs/*/build/*.log")
+	declare -ag if_error_find_files_sdcard=("/var/lib/dkms/zfs/*/build/*.log")
 	# See https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/issues/69 for a bug with leaking env vars.
 	use_clean_environment="yes" chroot_sdcard_apt_get_install "zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux"
 }
diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
index 7cdf0f5e8..7e8deab4e 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ function compile_uboot() {
 		display_alert "Extensions: custom uboot built by extension" "not building regular uboot" "debug"
 	fi
 
-	display_alert "Preparing u-boot general packaging. all_worked:${all_worked}  any_worked:${any_worked} " "${version} ${target_make}"
+	display_alert "Preparing u-boot general packaging" "${version} ${target_make}"
 
 	# set up postinstall script # @todo: extract into a tinkerboard extension
 	if [[ $BOARD == tinkerboard ]]; then
diff --git a/lib/functions/configuration/config-desktop.sh b/lib/functions/configuration/config-desktop.sh
index c51a7fa5b..b89022df1 100644
--- a/lib/functions/configuration/config-desktop.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/configuration/config-desktop.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function interactive_desktop_main_configuration() {
 			options+=("${config_filename}" "${config_name} configuration")
 		done
 
-		dialog_menu "Choose the desktop environment config" "$backtitle" "Select the configuration for this environment.\nThese are sourced from ${desktop_environment_config_dir}" "${options[@]}"
+		dialog_menu "Choose the desktop environment config" "$backtitle" "Select the configuration for this environment." "${options[@]}"
 		DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME="${DIALOG_MENU_RESULT}"
 		unset options
 
diff --git a/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh b/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh
index 4822345a4..86ba17ed7 100644
--- a/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function run_host_command_logged_raw() {
 function logging_clear_run_command_error_info() {
 	# Unset those globals; they're only valid for the first invocation of a runner helper function after they're set.
 	unset if_error_detail_message
-	unset if_error_find_files_sdcard # remember, this is global.
+	declare -ag if_error_find_files_sdcard=() # declare as global, empty array
 }
 
 function logging_enrich_run_command_error_info() {
diff --git a/lib/functions/main/config-prepare.sh b/lib/functions/main/config-prepare.sh
index 4112f62bc..1414c24a5 100644
--- a/lib/functions/main/config-prepare.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/main/config-prepare.sh
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function config_post_main() {
 function set_distribution_status() {
 	local distro_support_desc_filepath="${SRC}/config/distributions/${RELEASE}/support"
 	if [[ ! -f "${distro_support_desc_filepath}" ]]; then
-		exit_with_error "Distribution ${distribution_name} does not exist"
+		exit_with_error "Distribution dir '${distro_support_desc_filepath}' does not exist"
 	else
 		DISTRIBUTION_STATUS="$(cat "${distro_support_desc_filepath}")"
 	fi