2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index 931aa2d435e..9584d66ff56 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-12-01  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * make-docfile.c (scan_lisp_file): Use xmalloc instead of malloc.
+
 2008-11-22  Derek Peschel  <dpeschel@eskimo.com>  (tiny change)
 
         * etags.c (add_regex): Pass correct length to re_compile_pattern.
diff --git a/lib-src/make-docfile.c b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
index 945a92076d2..1cf63e3ab31 100644
--- a/lib-src/make-docfile.c
+++ b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ scan_lisp_file (filename, mode)
               /* Read in the contents.  */
               if (saved_string != 0)
                 free (saved_string);
-              saved_string = (char *) malloc (length);
+              saved_string = (char *) xmalloc (length);
               for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
                 saved_string[i] = getc (infile);
               /* The last character is a ^_.