(term_init): Fix previous change

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 07963de9e1b..fc8ce43d766 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-21  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
+
+        * term.c (term_init): Fix previous change; don't rely on the
+        length of `buffer' if TERMINFO is defined.
+
 2003-08-20  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
         * atimer.h: Include lisp.h.
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index 506fc16ffb3..bae059ea439 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -2229,14 +2229,12 @@ to do `unset TERMCAP' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMCAP') as well.",
 #endif
     }
 
-#ifdef TERMINFO
-  area = (char *) xmalloc (buffer_size);
-#else
+#ifndef TERMINFO
   if (strlen (buffer) >= buffer_size)
     abort ();
-  
-  area = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (buffer));
+  buffer_size = strlen (buffer);
 #endif
+  area = (char *) xmalloc (buffer_size);
 
   TS_ins_line = tgetstr ("al", address);
   TS_ins_multi_lines = tgetstr ("AL", address);