diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 40213d05c..b7046eb9d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT(task, 1.9.3.beta2, support@taskwarrior.org)
+AC_INIT(task, 1.9.3.beta3, support@taskwarrior.org)
 
 
 # Source type.
diff --git a/src/TDB.cpp b/src/TDB.cpp
index f868d1da2..aeb715edf 100644
--- a/src/TDB.cpp
+++ b/src/TDB.cpp
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ void TDB::merge (const std::string& mergeFile)
     // nothing happend on the local branch either
 
     // break, to suppress autopush
-    if (lit != l.end ())
+    if (lit == l.end ())
     {
       mods.clear ();
       lmods.clear ();
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 82765b813..6b4e787fe 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ void Task::validate () const
     if (has ("wait"))
     {
       Date wait (::atoi (get ("wait").c_str ()));
-      if (wait < due)
-        throw std::string ("A 'wait' date must be after a 'due' date.");
+      if (wait > due)
+        throw std::string ("A 'wait' date must be before a 'due' date.");
     }
 
     Date entry (::atoi (get ("entry").c_str ()));
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1120fb8f9..5eee15123 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifdef CYGWIN
 #include <time.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "Context.h"
 #include "../auto.h"
 
@@ -36,10 +42,20 @@ Context context;
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
   // Set up randomness.
-#ifdef HAVE_SRANDOM
+#ifdef CYGWIN
+  #ifdef HAVE_SRANDOM
   srandom (time (NULL));
-#else
+  #else
   srand (time (NULL));
+  #endif
+#else
+  #ifdef HAVE_SRANDOM
+  struct timeval tv;
+  gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+  srandom (tv.tv_usec);
+  #else
+  srand (tv.tv_usec);
+  #endif
 #endif
 
   int status = 0;
diff --git a/src/recur.cpp b/src/recur.cpp
index e8d06eafe..c54955f65 100644
--- a/src/recur.cpp
+++ b/src/recur.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void handleRecurrence ()
           sprintf (dueDate, "%u", (unsigned int) d->toEpoch ());
           rec.set ("due", dueDate);              // Store generated due date.
 
-          if (t->get ("wait").size())
+          if (t->has ("wait"))
           {
             Date old_wait (atoi (t->get ("wait").c_str ()));
             Date old_due (atoi (t->get ("due").c_str ()));
diff --git a/src/tests/wait.t b/src/tests/wait.t
index 34dc00f63..095657809 100755
--- a/src/tests/wait.t
+++ b/src/tests/wait.t
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ like ($output, qr/tomorrow/ms, 'waiting task visible when specifically queried')
 
 # Message is 'Warning: the wait date falls after the due date.'
 $output = qx{../task rc:wait.rc add Complain due:today wait:tomorrow};
-like ($output, qr/A 'wait' date must be after a 'due' date\./, 'error on wait after due');
+like ($output, qr/A 'wait' date must be before a 'due' date\./, 'error on wait after due');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink 'pending.data';