--- tar-1.26/gnu/xgetcwd.c.orig	Thu Mar 17 12:53:26 2011

+++ tar-1.26/gnu/xgetcwd.c	Thu Mar 17 12:53:35 2011

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@

 #include <errno.h>

 #include <unistd.h>

+#include <limits.h>

 #include "xalloc.h"

@@ -36,7 +37,14 @@

 char *

 xgetcwd (void)

 {

-  char *cwd = getcwd (NULL, 0);

+  char *cwd;

+#ifdef HAVE_PARTLY_WORKING_GETCWD

+  cwd = getcwd (NULL, 0);

+#else

+  cwd = malloc(PATH_MAX);

+  if (cwd)

+    getcwd (cwd, PATH_MAX);

+#endif

   if (! cwd && errno == ENOMEM)

     xalloc_die ();

   return cwd;