strings

ok tedu@, art@

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/lib/libreadline/savestring.c b/gnu/lib/libreadline/savestring.c
index 0916ab8b0a4..679adeb86e1 100644
--- a/gnu/lib/libreadline/savestring.c
+++ b/gnu/lib/libreadline/savestring.c
@@ -22,14 +22,25 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-extern char *strcpy ();
-extern char *xmalloc ();
+extern char * xmalloc();
+extern void memory_error_and_abort(char *);
 
 /* Backwards compatibility, now that savestring has been removed from
    all `public' readline header files. */
+
+char *
+xstrdup(char *s) 
+{
+	char * cp;
+	cp = strdup(s);
+	if (cp == NULL)
+		memory_error_and_abort("savestring");
+	return(cp);
+}
+
 char *
 savestring (s)
      char *s;
 {
-  return ((char *)strcpy (xmalloc (1 + (int)strlen (s)), (s)));
+	return(xstrdup(s));
 }