--- file-4.13.orig/src/compress.c	2005-01-07 22:17:26 +0300

+++ file-4.13/src/compress.c	2005-02-12 18:02:16 +0300

@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ uncompressbuf(struct magic_set *ms, int 

     const unsigned char *old, unsigned char **newch, size_t n)

 {

 	int fdin[2], fdout[2];

+	pid_t pid1 = -1, pid2 = -1;

 	int r;

 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ

@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ uncompressbuf(struct magic_set *ms, int 

 		file_error(ms, errno, "cannot create pipe");	

 		return 0;

 	}

-	switch (fork()) {

+	switch ((pid1=fork())) {

 	case 0:	/* child */

 		(void) close(0);

 		if (fd != -1) {

@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ uncompressbuf(struct magic_set *ms, int 

 			 * fork again, to avoid blocking because both

 			 * pipes filled

 			 */

-			switch (fork()) {

+			switch ((pid2=fork())) {

 			case 0: /* child */

 				(void)close(fdout[0]);

 				if (swrite(fdin[1], old, n) != n) {

@@ -423,12 +424,8 @@ err:

 		if (fdin[1] != -1)

 			(void) close(fdin[1]);

 		(void) close(fdout[0]);

-#ifdef WNOHANG

-		while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) != -1)

-			continue;

-#else

-		(void)wait(NULL);

-#endif

+		waitpid(pid1, NULL, 0);

+		waitpid(pid2, NULL, 0);

 		return n;

 	}

 }