--- lib/cvt.c.orig	Wed Sep  8 15:03:20 1999
+++ lib/cvt.c	Sun Feb 25 10:06:50 2001
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <standard.h>
 
 #ifdef	HAVE_DTOA	/* 4.4BSD floating point implementation */
-extern	char *__dtoa	__PR((double value, int mode, int ndigit, int *decpt, int *sign, char **ep));
+extern	char *__dtoa	__PR((double value, int mode, int ndigit, int *decpt, int *sign, char **ep, char **resultp));
 #endif
 
 #ifndef	HAVE_ECVT
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@
 static	char	*buf;
 	char	*bufend;
 	char	*ep;
-	char	*bp = __dtoa(value, 2, ndigit, decpt, sign, &ep);
+	char	*bp;
+	static char *dtoaresult = NULL;
+
+	free(dtoaresult);
+	dtoaresult = NULL;
+
+	bp = __dtoa(value, 2, ndigit, decpt, sign, &ep, &dtoaresult);
 
 	if (value == 0.0) {
 		/*
@@ -102,7 +108,13 @@
 static	char	*buf;
 	char	*bufend;
 	char	*ep;
-	char	*bp = __dtoa(value, 3, ndigit, decpt, sign, &ep);
+	char	*bp;
+	static char *dtoaresult = NULL;
+
+	free(dtoaresult);
+	dtoaresult = NULL;
+
+	bp = __dtoa(value, 3, ndigit, decpt, sign, &ep, &dtoaresult);
 
 	if (value == 0.0) {
 		/*