$NetBSD: patch-ak,v 1.3 2006/08/06 23:10:30 wiz Exp $

--- src/mkid.c.orig	2006-07-22 03:38:03.000000000 +0000
+++ src/mkid.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <pathmax.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <dirname.h>
-#include <alloca.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <inttostr.h>
 #include <xalloc.h>
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@
 #include "scanners.h"
 #include "iduglobal.h"
 
-char* dirname(char* path);
-
 struct summary
 {
   struct token **sum_tokens;
@@ -381,11 +378,21 @@ assert_writeable (char const *filename)
     {
       if (errno == ENOENT)
 	{
-	  char *dirname = dir_name (filename);
-	  if (access (dirname, 06) < 0)
-	    error (1, errno, _("can't create `%s' in `%s'"),
-		   base_name (filename), dirname);
-	  free(dirname);
+	  char *dir_copy, *dir_name = strrchr (filename, '/');
+	  if (dir_name)
+	    {
+	      while (*--dir_name == '/')
+		continue;
+	      dir_name++;
+	      dir_copy = strdup(filename);
+	      dir_copy[dir_name - filename] = '\0';
+	    }
+	  else
+	    dir_copy = strdup(".");
+	  if (access (dir_copy, 06) < 0)
+  	    error (1, errno, _("can't create `%s' in `%s'"),
+		   base_name (filename), dir_copy);
+	  free(dir_copy);
 	}
       else
 	error (1, errno, _("can't modify `%s'"), filename);
@@ -459,7 +466,7 @@ scan_member_file (struct member_file con
   source_FILE = fopen (flink->fl_name, "r");
   if (source_FILE)
     {
-      char *file_name = alloca (PATH_MAX);
+      char file_name[PATH_MAX];
       if (statistics_flag)
 	{
 	  if (fstat (fileno (source_FILE), &st) < 0)