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-rw-r--r--text-utils/column.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 5b52339f6..156de7059 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ input(fp)
#ifdef HAVE_WIDECHAR
static wchar_t *mbs_to_wcs(const char *s)
{
- size_t n;
+ ssize_t n;
wchar_t *wcs;
n = mbstowcs((wchar_t *)0, s, 0);
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ static wchar_t *mbs_to_wcs(const char *s)
wcs = malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
if (!wcs)
return NULL;
- if (mbstowcs(wcs, s, n + 1) < 0)
+ n = mbstowcs(wcs, s, n + 1);
+ if (n < 0)
return NULL;
return wcs;
}