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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--elf/dl-lookup.c6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45b890aae9..3959781d03 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Jul 16 16:43:58 1996  Roland McGrath  <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
 
+	* elf/dl-lookup.c (_dl_lookup_symbol): Avoid sizeof dynamic auto array
+	because that is broken on alpha.
+
 	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/mmap.c: Use same inheritance arg in second vm_map
 	call as in first.
 
diff --git a/elf/dl-lookup.c b/elf/dl-lookup.c
index a1a964fa6a..44f91fca7d 100644
--- a/elf/dl-lookup.c
+++ b/elf/dl-lookup.c
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ _dl_lookup_symbol (const char *undef_name, const ElfW(Sym) **ref,
     {
       /* We could find no value for a strong reference.  */
       const char msg[] = "undefined symbol: ";
-      char buf[sizeof msg + strlen (undef_name)];
+      const size_t len = strlen (undef_name);
+      char buf[sizeof msg + len];
       memcpy (buf, msg, sizeof msg - 1);
-      memcpy (&buf[sizeof msg - 1], undef_name,
-	      sizeof buf - sizeof msg + 1);
+      memcpy (&buf[sizeof msg - 1], undef_name, len + 1);
       _dl_signal_error (0, reference_name, buf);
     }