--- /dev/null
+From b9edfbfb94b3582cf32dfc04e0dd867ecef2ba92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 13:25:39 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Refactor mkpath() to drop all uses of strdupa()
+
+Fixes #488
+
+Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
+---
+ include/Makefile.am | 2 +-
+ include/compat.h | 4 ++--
+ include/strdupa.h | 52 -----------------------------------------
+ src/makepath.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
+ src/os.c | 2 +-
+ 5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
+ delete mode 100644 include/strdupa.h
+
+--- a/include/compat.h
++++ b/include/compat.h
+@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <sys/param.h> /* MAX(), isset(), setbit(), TRUE, FALSE, et consortes. :-) */
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+-#include "strdupa.h"
+
+ /* From The Practice of Programming, by Kernighan and Pike */
+ #ifndef NELEMS
+ #define NELEMS(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]))
+ #endif
+
+-int mkpath (char *dir, mode_t mode);
++int mkpath (const char *dir, mode_t mode);
++int makepath (const char *dir);
+
+ #ifndef pidfile
+ int pidfile (const char *basename);
+--- a/src/makepath.c
++++ b/src/makepath.c
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ /* mkpath() -- Create all components leading up to a given directory
+ *
+- * Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
++ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+@@ -16,11 +16,35 @@
+ */
+
+ #include <errno.h>
+-#include <libgen.h>
+-#include <sys/stat.h>
+-#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <string.h> /* strdup(), strrchr() */
++#include <stdlib.h> /* free() */
++#include <sys/stat.h> /* mkdir() */
++
+ #include "compat.h"
+
++/* Recursively create directories */
++static int _mkpath(char *dir, mode_t mode)
++{
++ char *slash;
++
++ if (!mkdir(dir, mode) || errno == EEXIST)
++ return 0;
++
++ if (errno != ENOENT)
++ return -1;
++
++ slash = strrchr(dir, '/');
++ if (!slash)
++ return -1;
++
++ *slash = 0;
++ if (_mkpath(dir, mode) == -1)
++ return -1;
++
++ *slash = '/';
++ return mkdir(dir, mode);
++}
++
+ /**
+ * mkpath - Like makepath() but takes a mode_t argument
+ * @dir: Directory to created, relative or absolute
+@@ -29,21 +53,24 @@
+ * Returns:
+ * POSIX OK(0) on success, otherwise -1 with @errno set.
+ */
+-int mkpath(char *dir, mode_t mode)
++int mkpath(const char *dir, mode_t mode)
+ {
+- struct stat sb;
++ char *_dir;
++ int rc;
+
+ if (!dir) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+- if (!stat(dir, &sb))
+- return 0;
++ _dir = strdup(dir);
++ if (!_dir)
++ return -1;
+
+- mkpath(dirname(strdupa(dir)), mode);
++ rc = _mkpath(_dir, mode);
++ free(_dir);
+
+- return mkdir(dir, mode);
++ return rc;
+ }
+
+ /**
+@@ -56,14 +83,7 @@ int mkpath(char *dir, mode_t mode)
+ * fails allocating temporary memory. For other error codes see the
+ * mkdir() syscall description.
+ */
+-int makepath(char *dir)
++int makepath(const char *dir)
+ {
+ return mkpath(dir, 0777);
+ }
+-
+-/**
+- * Local Variables:
+- * indent-tabs-mode: t
+- * c-file-style: "linux"
+- * End:
+- */
+--- a/src/os.c
++++ b/src/os.c
+@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int os_check_perms(void)
+ }
+ }
+
+- pidfile_dir = dirname(strdupa(pidfn));
++ pidfile_dir = dirname(pidfn);
+ if (access(pidfile_dir, F_OK)) {
+ if (mkpath(pidfile_dir, 0755) && errno != EEXIST)
+ logit(LOG_ERR, "No write permission to %s, aborting.", pidfile_dir);