--- genext2fs.c.orig	Tue Apr 15 19:04:20 2003
+++ genext2fs.c	Tue Apr 15 19:05:15 2003
@@ -565,10 +565,12 @@ static char *xreadlink(const char *path)
 	int bufsize = 0, readsize = 0;
 
 	do {
-		buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize += GROWBY);
+		buf = realloc(buf, bufsize += GROWBY);
+		if (!buf)
+			error_msg_and_die(memory_exhausted);
 		readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize); /* 1st try */
 		if (readsize == -1) {
-			perror_msg_and_die("%s:%s", progname, path);
+			perror_msg_and_die("%s:%s", app_name, path);
 		}
 	}
 	while (bufsize < readsize + 1);
@@ -2000,8 +2002,6 @@ static int interpret_table_entry(filesys
 #endif
 				break;
 			case 'p':
-				error_msg("ignoring entry %s", name);
-				break;
 			case 'c':
 			case 'b':
 				if (count > 0) {
@@ -2019,21 +2019,25 @@ static int interpret_table_entry(filesys
 							add2dir(fs, parent, nod, dname, mode, uid, gid, time(NULL));
 							entry = get_nod(fs, nod);
 						}
-						entry->i_uid = uid;
-						entry->i_gid = gid;
-						entry->i_mode = mode;
-						rdev = makedev(major, minor + (i * increment - start));
-						((uint8*)entry->i_block)[0] = (rdev & 0xff);
-						((uint8*)entry->i_block)[1] = (rdev >> 8);
+						if (type != 'p') {
+							entry->i_uid = uid;
+							entry->i_gid = gid;
+							entry->i_mode = mode;
+							rdev = makedev(major, minor + (i * increment - start));
+							((uint8*)entry->i_block)[0] = (rdev & 0xff);
+							((uint8*)entry->i_block)[1] = (rdev >> 8);
+						}
 						free(dname);
 					}
 				} else {
 					dev_t rdev = makedev(major, minor);
 					nod = alloc_nod(fs);
 					add2dir(fs, parent, nod, bname, mode, uid, gid, time(NULL));
-					entry = get_nod(fs, nod);
-					((uint8*)entry->i_block)[0] = (rdev & 0xff);
-					((uint8*)entry->i_block)[1] = (rdev >> 8);
+					if (type != 'p') {
+						entry = get_nod(fs, nod);
+						((uint8*)entry->i_block)[0] = (rdev & 0xff);
+						((uint8*)entry->i_block)[1] = (rdev >> 8);
+					}
 				}
 				break;
 			default: