#endif /* PIC */
/* Returns the pathname, relocated according to the current installation
- directory. */
+ directory.
+ The returned string is either PATHNAME unmodified or a freshly allocated
+ string that you can free with free() after casting it to 'char *'. */
const char *
relocate (const char *pathname)
{
&& strncmp (pathname, orig_prefix, orig_prefix_len) == 0)
{
if (pathname[orig_prefix_len] == '\0')
- /* pathname equals orig_prefix. */
- return curr_prefix;
- if (ISSLASH (pathname[orig_prefix_len]))
+ {
+ /* pathname equals orig_prefix. */
+ char *result = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (curr_prefix) + 1);
+
+#ifdef NO_XMALLOC
+ if (result != NULL)
+#endif
+ {
+ strcpy (result, curr_prefix);
+ return result;
+ }
+ }
+ else if (ISSLASH (pathname[orig_prefix_len]))
{
/* pathname starts with orig_prefix. */
const char *pathname_tail = &pathname[orig_prefix_len];