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From 0507dfad5f060161f01840067e1bb1615257b636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 17:27:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not rely on PATH_MAX when reading a symlink target.

* src/util.c (move_file, copy_file): Use 'fromst->st_size + 1' and
'tost->st_size + 1' for the allocation, and 'fromst->st_size' and
'tost->st_size' instead of PATH_MAX.  Fixes compilation on GNU/Hurd.
---
 src/util.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 1cc08ba..67dbd3a 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -460,12 +460,12 @@ move_file (char const *from, bool *from_needs_removal,
 
 	  /* FROM contains the contents of the symlink we have patched; need
 	     to convert that back into a symlink. */
-	  char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
+	  char *buffer = xmalloc (fromst->st_size + 1);
 	  int fd, size = 0, i;
 
 	  if ((fd = safe_open (from, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0)) < 0)
 	    pfatal ("Can't reopen file %s", quotearg (from));
-	  while ((i = read (fd, buffer + size, PATH_MAX - size)) > 0)
+	  while ((i = read (fd, buffer + size, fromst->st_size - size)) > 0)
 	    size += i;
 	  if (i != 0 || close (fd) != 0)
 	    read_fatal ();
@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@ copy_file (char const *from, char const *to, struct stat *tost,
 
   if (S_ISLNK (mode))
     {
-      char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX + 1);
+      char *buffer = xmalloc (tost->st_size + 1);
       ssize_t r;
 
-      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, PATH_MAX)) < 0)
+      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, tost->st_size)) < 0)
 	pfatal ("Can't read %s %s", "symbolic link", from);
       buffer[r] = '\0';
       if (safe_symlink (buffer, to) != 0)
-- 
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2018-10-19 03:18:57 +0200'>2018-10-19</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/tmux.scm?id=2c0a3ed1f98e81c6c2f828c488ec7318181de539'>gnu: tmux: Update to 2.8.</a></td><td>Marius Bakke</td></tr>
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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmux): Update to 2.8.


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2018-04-14 23:08:42 -0400'>2018-04-14</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/tmux.scm?id=d2dd939e68370c7042a3ca3e6e644ce8d3f29e81'>gnu: tmux: Update to 2.7.</a></td><td>Leo Famulari</td></tr>
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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmux): Update to 2.7.


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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmux): Update to 2.6.


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2017-07-05 00:24:02 +0200'>2017-07-05</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/tmux.scm?id=2d677f84f42f53cf69d10e79d50107d09a13f495'>gnu: tmux: Update to 2.5.</a></td><td>Stefan Reichör</td></tr>
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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmux): Update to 2.5.

Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke &lt;mbakke@fastmail.com&gt;


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2017-06-17 22:04:55 +0200'>2017-06-17</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/tmux.scm?id=6c8b802f9c8ef3beb41d468eec8d2a2948efdb9c'>gnu: Add tmuxifier.</a></td><td>Stefan Reichoer</td></tr>
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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmuxifier): New variable.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Danckaert &lt;post@thomasdanckaert.be&gt;


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2017-04-21 10:53:07 +0200'>2017-04-21</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/tmux.scm?id=9b323c25d0a3975884bf7742aa566a58225a7113'>gnu: tmux: Update to 2.4.</a></td><td>Vasile Dumitrascu</td></tr>
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* gnu/packages/tmux.scm (tmux): Update to 2.4.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès &lt;ludo@gnu.org&gt;


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