* movemail.c (main): Do not use sprintf when its result might not fit

in 'int'.  Instead, put the possibly-long file name into the
output of pfatal_with_name.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index 8d46a37ce5..ca08ece7c3 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 	greater than BUFSIZ or 2*BUFSIZ + 20. Do not use sprintf when its
 	result might not fit in 'int'.
 
+	* movemail.c (main): Do not use sprintf when its result might not fit
+	in 'int'.  Instead, put the possibly-long file name into the
+	output of pfatal_with_name.
+
 2011-07-28  Paul Eggert  <[email protected]>
 
 	Assume freestanding C89 headers, string.h, stdlib.h.
diff --git a/lib-src/movemail.c b/lib-src/movemail.c
index d70c655ade..097bf23c20 100644
--- a/lib-src/movemail.c
+++ b/lib-src/movemail.c
@@ -325,11 +325,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  if (desc < 0)
 	    {
 	      int mkstemp_errno = errno;
-	      char *message = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (tempname) + 50);
-	      sprintf (message, "creating %s, which would become the lock file",
-		       tempname);
+	      error ("error while creating what would become the lock file",
+		     0, 0);
 	      errno = mkstemp_errno;
-	      pfatal_with_name (message);
+	      pfatal_with_name (tempname);
 	    }
 	  close (desc);