--- runscript.c.orig	2011-04-15 20:48:30.000000000 -0400
+++ runscript.c	2011-05-03 11:15:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@
 	bool doneone = false;
 	int retval, opt, depoptions = RC_DEP_TRACE;
 	RC_STRING *svc;
-	char path[PATH_MAX], lnk[PATH_MAX], *dir, *save = NULL, pidstr[10];
+	char path[PATH_MAX], lnk[PATH_MAX], *dir, pidstr[10];
+	char *save = NULL, *savedir = NULL, *savelnk = NULL;
 	size_t l = 0, ll;
 	const char *file;
 	struct stat stbuf;
@@ -1132,13 +1133,14 @@
 	if (readlink(argv[1], lnk, sizeof(lnk)-1)) {
 		dir = dirname(path);
 		if (strchr(lnk, '/')) {
-			save = xstrdup(dir);
+			savedir = xstrdup(dir);
+                        savelnk = xstrdup(lnk);
 			dir = dirname(lnk);
-			if (strcmp(dir, save) == 0)
+			if (strcmp(dir, savedir) == 0)
 				file = basename_c(argv[1]);
 			else
-				file = basename_c(lnk);
-			dir = save;
+				file = basename_c(savelnk);
+			dir = savedir;
 		} else
 			file = basename_c(argv[1]);
 		ll = strlen(dir) + strlen(file) + 2;
@@ -1146,9 +1148,10 @@
 		snprintf(service, ll, "%s/%s", dir, file);
 		if (stat(service, &stbuf) != 0) {
 			free(service);
-			service = xstrdup(lnk);
+			service = xstrdup(savelnk);
 		}
-		free(save);
+		free(savedir);
+		free(savelnk);
 	}
 	if (!service)
 		service = xstrdup(path);