Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [1]

[1] Not the author, the patch is from:
http://vault.centos.org/5.8/os/SRPMS/rdist-6.1.5-44.src.rpm

--- rdist-6.1.5/src/client.c.links	Wed Feb 17 17:46:09 1999
+++ rdist-6.1.5/src/client.c	Wed Feb 17 17:51:15 1999
@@ -309,6 +309,18 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
+void freelinkinfo(lp)
+	struct linkbuf *lp;
+{
+	if (lp->pathname)
+		free(lp->pathname);
+	if (lp->src)
+		free(lp->src);
+	if (lp->target)
+		free(lp->target);
+	free(lp);
+}
+
 /*
  * Save and retrieve hard link info
  */
@@ -317,6 +329,7 @@
 {
 	struct linkbuf *lp;
 
+	/* xxx: linear search doesn't scale with many links */
 	for (lp = ihead; lp != NULL; lp = lp->nextp)
 		if (lp->inum == statp->st_ino && lp->devnum == statp->st_dev) {
 			lp->count--;
@@ -329,12 +342,14 @@
 	lp->inum = statp->st_ino;
 	lp->devnum = statp->st_dev;
 	lp->count = statp->st_nlink - 1;
-	(void) strcpy(lp->pathname, target);
-	(void) strcpy(lp->src, source);
+	lp->pathname = strdup(target);
+	lp->src = strdup(source);
 	if (Tdest)
-		(void) strcpy(lp->target, Tdest);
+		lp->target = strdup(Tdest);
 	else
-		*lp->target = CNULL;
+		lp->target = NULL;
+	if (!lp->pathname || !lp->src || !(Tdest && lp->target))
+		fatalerr("Cannot malloc memory in linkinfo.");
 
 	return((struct linkbuf *) NULL);
 }
--- rdist-6.1.5/src/docmd.c.links	Wed Feb 17 17:51:23 1999
+++ rdist-6.1.5/src/docmd.c	Wed Feb 17 17:52:44 1999
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 	if (!nflag) {
 		register struct linkbuf *nextl, *l;
 
-		for (l = ihead; l != NULL; free((char *)l), l = nextl) {
+		for (l = ihead; l != NULL; freelinkinfo(l), l = nextl) {
 			nextl = l->nextp;
 			if (contimedout || IS_ON(opts, DO_IGNLNKS) || 
 			    l->count == 0)
--- rdist-6.1.5/include/defs.h.links	Wed Feb 17 17:52:58 1999
+++ rdist-6.1.5/include/defs.h	Wed Feb 17 17:53:47 1999
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@
 	ino_t	inum;
 	dev_t	devnum;
 	int	count;
-	char	pathname[BUFSIZ];
-	char	src[BUFSIZ];
-	char	target[BUFSIZ];
+	char	*pathname;
+	char	*src;
+	char	*target;
 	struct	linkbuf *nextp;
 };