--- rec.c.orig	Thu Aug 16 17:29:07 2001
+++ rec.c	Thu Aug 16 17:29:35 2001
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static char *scanbuf, *pbuf;
 static char *tfilename;
 static int eoln;
-static int MAXLEN = ((unsigned int) (int) -1 >> 1) / sizeof (struct index);
+static int MAXLEN = 32767;
 
 static int ffcopy (int from, int to)
 {