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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Src/pattern.c b/Src/pattern.c
index 1f2e94bd9..928790f45 100644
--- a/Src/pattern.c
+++ b/Src/pattern.c
@@ -668,15 +668,9 @@ patcompile(char *exp, int inflags, char **endexp)
 			    if (imeta(*mtest))
 				nmeta++;
 			if (nmeta) {
-			    char *oldpatout = patout;
-			    ptrdiff_t pd;
 			    patadd(NULL, 0, nmeta, 0);
-			    /*
-			     * Yuk.
-			     */
 			    p = (Patprog)patout;
-			    pd = patout - oldpatout;
-			    opnd += pd;
+			    opnd = dupstring_wlen(opnd, oplen);
 			    dst = patout + startoff;
 			}