Thu Jul 25 19:53:31 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* main.c (define_makeflags): Back up P to point at null terminator
	when killing final space and dash before setting MFLAGS.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 97b160d..b6e3c95 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -2040,8 +2040,11 @@ define_makeflags (all, makefile)
     /* No flags.  */
     flagstring[0] = '\0';
   else if (p[-1] == '-')
-    /* Kill the final space and dash.  */
-    p[-2] = '\0';
+    {
+      /* Kill the final space and dash.  */
+      p -= 2;
+      *p = '\0';
+    }
   else
     /* Terminate the string.  */
     *p = '\0';