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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/strncasecmp.c b/lib/strncasecmp.c
index 72ead013b..0209c39ea 100644
--- a/lib/strncasecmp.c
+++ b/lib/strncasecmp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* strncasecmp.c -- case insensitive string comparator
- Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include "strcase.h"
#include <ctype.h>
+#include <limits.h>
#define TOLOWER(Ch) (isupper (Ch) ? tolower (Ch) : (Ch))
@@ -54,5 +55,11 @@ strncasecmp (const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
}
while (c1 == c2);
- return c1 - c2;
+ if (UCHAR_MAX <= INT_MAX)
+ return c1 - c2;
+ else
+ /* On machines where 'char' and 'int' are types of the same size, the
+ difference of two 'unsigned char' values - including the sign bit -
+ doesn't fit in an 'int'. */
+ return (c1 > c2 ? 1 : c1 < c2 ? -1 : 0);
}