--- rpm-4.4.8/rpmio/macro.c.orig	2007-01-21 21:37:58.000000000 +0100
+++ rpm-4.4.8/rpmio/macro.c	2007-04-08 19:50:49.214644921 +0200
@@ -942,7 +942,8 @@
 	/*@globals rpmGlobalMacroContext @*/
 	/*@modifies mb, rpmGlobalMacroContext @*/
 {
-    char buf[BUFSIZ], *b, *be;
+    static char buf[BUFSIZ];
+    char *b, *be;
     char aname[16];
     const char *opts, *o;
     int argc = 0;
@@ -1850,7 +1851,7 @@
 	return 0;
     if (mc == NULL) mc = rpmGlobalMacroContext;
 
-    tbuf = alloca(slen + 1);
+    tbuf = xmalloc(slen + 1);
     memset(tbuf, 0, (slen + 1));
 
     mb->s = sbuf;
@@ -1870,6 +1871,7 @@
 	rpmError(RPMERR_BADSPEC, _("Macro expansion too big for target buffer\n"));
     else
 	strncpy(sbuf, tbuf, (slen - mb->nb + 1));
+    free(tbuf);
 
     return rc;
 }
@@ -2308,7 +2310,7 @@
 const char *
 rpmGetPath(const char *path, ...)
 {
-    char buf[BUFSIZ];
+    static char buf[BUFSIZ];
     const char * s;
     char * t, * te;
     va_list ap;