diff -up emacs-23.1/lib-src/etags.c.memmove emacs-23.1/lib-src/etags.c

--- emacs-23.1/lib-src/etags.c.memmove	2009-06-21 06:37:34.000000000 +0200

+++ emacs-23.1/lib-src/etags.c	2009-12-08 17:55:41.442792036 +0100

@@ -6695,13 +6695,13 @@ absolute_filename (file, dir)

 	      else if (cp[0] != '/')

 		cp = slashp;

 #endif

-	      strcpy (cp, slashp + 3);

+	      memmove (cp, slashp + 3, strlen(slashp + 2));

 	      slashp = cp;

 	      continue;

 	    }

 	  else if (slashp[2] == '/' || slashp[2] == '\0')

 	    {

-	      strcpy (slashp, slashp + 2);

+	      memmove (slashp, slashp + 2, strlen(slashp + 1));

 	      continue;

 	    }

 	}