From: ceriel <none@none>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1989 11:09:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: avoid a null-reference
X-Git-Tag: release-5-5~2380
X-Git-Url: https://git.ndcode.org/public/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e2b51638691331578775fe3bd02d94b419138025;p=ack.git

avoid a null-reference
---

diff --git a/modules/src/read_em/readk.c b/modules/src/read_em/readk.c
index a44c66d0f..ab82b79e2 100644
--- a/modules/src/read_em/readk.c
+++ b/modules/src/read_em/readk.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ getstring(isident)
 #ifdef CHECKING
 		if (strleft < 0) {
 			xerror("Negative length in string");
-			return 0;
+			s->length = 0;
+			return s;
 		}
 #endif CHECKING
 	}