--- src/readcf.c.orig	Fri Feb 16 07:45:31 1996
+++ src/readcf.c	Fri May 28 14:28:07 1999
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "memory problems reading configfile\n");
 		return(1);
 	}
+	buffer[0]='\0';
 	/* dito for one complete configline */
 	cfline_size=1024;
 	if ( (cfline=(char *)malloc(cfline_size)) == NULL ) {