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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--catgets/gencat.c16
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c55b452ca9..f777cbc3e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-10-30  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
+
+	* catgets/gencat.c: Do a better job in initializing dynamic
+	memory [PR libc/844].
+
 1998-10-30 18:11  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
 	* iconv/gconv_conf.c (__gconv_read_conf): Don't define as
diff --git a/catgets/gencat.c b/catgets/gencat.c
index d1c92a035b..d632f82bc4 100644
--- a/catgets/gencat.c
+++ b/catgets/gencat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996.
 
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static struct argp argp =
 
 /* Wrapper functions with error checking for standard functions.  */
 extern void *xmalloc (size_t n);
+extern void *xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s);
 
 /* Prototypes for local functions.  */
 static void error_print (void);
@@ -275,16 +276,13 @@ read_input_file (struct catalog *current, const char *fname)
   /* If we haven't seen anything yet, allocate result structure.  */
   if (current == NULL)
     {
-      current = (struct catalog *) xmalloc (sizeof (*current));
-
-      current->all_sets = NULL;
-      current->total_messages = 0;
-      current->last_set = 0;
-      current->current_set = find_set (current, NL_SETD);
+      current = (struct catalog *) xcalloc (1, sizeof (*current));
 
 #define obstack_chunk_alloc malloc
 #define obstack_chunk_free free
       obstack_init (&current->mem_pool);
+
+      current->current_set = find_set (current, NL_SETD);
     }
 
   buf = NULL;
@@ -879,10 +877,8 @@ find_set (struct catalog *current, int number)
       result = result->next;
 
   /* Prepare new message set.  */
-  result = (struct set_list *) xmalloc (sizeof (*result));
+  result = (struct set_list *) xcalloc (1, sizeof (*result));
   result->number = number;
-  result->deleted = 0;
-  result->messages = NULL;
   result->next = current->all_sets;
   current->all_sets = result;