From 29380252a8bd3d9d0f43a691f3a2a88c7c102999 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 23:43:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Formerly expand.c.~4~

---
 expand.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/expand.c b/expand.c
index 668bb104..1237da17 100644
--- a/expand.c
+++ b/expand.c
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ variable_buffer_output (ptr, string, length)
   if (newlen > variable_buffer_length)
     {
       unsigned int offset = ptr - variable_buffer;
-      variable_buffer_length = max (2 * variable_buffer_length, newlen + 100);
+      variable_buffer_length = (newlen + 100 > 2 * variable_buffer_length
+				? newlen + 100
+				: 2 * variable_buffer_length);
       variable_buffer = (char *) xrealloc (variable_buffer,
 					   variable_buffer_length);
       ptr = variable_buffer + offset;