--- dmsetup.c.orig      2004-03-18 07:55:32.000000000 -0600
+++ dmsetup.c   2004-03-18 07:33:07.000000000 -0600
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  */
 static int _parse_file(struct dm_task *dmt, const char *file)
 {
-       char buffer[LINE_SIZE], *ttype, *ptr, *comment;
+       char buffer[LINE_SIZE], ttype[LINE_SIZE], *ptr, *comment;
        FILE *fp;
        unsigned long long start, size;
        int r = 0, n, line = 0;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                if (!*ptr || *ptr == '#')
                        continue;

-               if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %as %n",
+               if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %s %n",
                           &start, &size, &ttype, &n) < 3) {
                        err("%s:%d Invalid format", file, line);
                        goto out;
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@

                if (!dm_task_add_target(dmt, start, size, ttype, ptr))
                        goto out;
-
-               free(ttype);
        }
        r = 1;