diff -Nur fontforge-20090923.orig/gutils/fsys.c fontforge-20090923/gutils/fsys.c

--- fontforge-20090923.orig/gutils/fsys.c	2009-01-25 11:06:49.000000000 -0700

+++ fontforge-20090923/gutils/fsys.c	2009-12-31 09:59:54.000000000 -0700

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@

 static char dirname_[1024];

+static void savestrcpy(char *dest,const char *src) {

+    forever {

+       *dest = *src;

+       if ( *dest=='\0' )

+    break;

+       ++dest; ++src;

+    }

+}

+

 char *GFileGetAbsoluteName(char *name, char *result, int rsiz) {

     /* result may be the same as name */

     char buffer[1000];

@@ -62,13 +71,13 @@

 	    if ( *spt=='/' ) ++spt;

 	    for ( pt = spt; *pt!='\0' && *pt!='/'; ++pt );

 	    if ( pt==spt )	/* Found // in a path spec, reduce to / (we've*/

-		strcpy(spt,pt); /*  skipped past the :// of the machine name) */

-	    else if ( pt==spt+1 && spt[0]=='.' )	/* Noop */

-		strcpy(spt,pt);

-	    else if ( pt==spt+2 && spt[0]=='.' && spt[1]=='.' ) {

+               savestrcpy(spt,spt+1); /*  skipped past the :// of the machine name) */

+            else if ( pt==spt+1 && spt[0]=='.' ) {      /* Noop */

+               savestrcpy(spt,spt+2);

+            } else if ( pt==spt+2 && spt[0]=='.' && spt[1]=='.' ) {

 		for ( bpt=spt-2 ; bpt>rpt && *bpt!='/'; --bpt );

 		if ( bpt>=rpt && *bpt=='/' ) {

-		    strcpy(bpt,pt);

+                    savestrcpy(bpt,pt);

 		    spt = bpt;

 		} else {

 		    rpt = pt;

@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@

     if ( dir==NULL || *dir=='\0' ) {

 	if ( strlen( fname )

-	    strcpy(buffer,fname);

+            savestrcpy(buffer,fname);

 	else {

 	    strncpy(buffer,fname,size-1);

 	    buffer[size-1]='\0';