2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03a57adf3..9d7a0a36c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ gen_build_files: $(wildcard $(srctree)/*/*.c) $(wildcard $(srctree)/*/*/*.c)
 # we depend on scripts_basic, since scripts/basic/fixdep
 # must be built before any other host prog
 PHONY += applets_dir
-applets_dir: scripts_basic gen_build_files
+applets_dir: scripts_basic gen_build_files include/config/MARKER
         $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=applets
 
 applets/%: applets_dir ;
diff --git a/applets/applet_tables.c b/applets/applet_tables.c
index ef911a43b..e3d10c83f 100644
--- a/applets/applet_tables.c
+++ b/applets/applet_tables.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ static int str_isalnum_(const char *s)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         int i, j;
+        char tmp1[PATH_MAX], tmp2[PATH_MAX];
 
         // In find_applet_by_name(), before linear search, narrow it down
         // by looking at N "equidistant" names. With ~350 applets:
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (!argv[1])
                 return 1;
-        i = open(argv[1], O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
+        snprintf(tmp1, PATH_MAX, "%s.%u.new", argv[1], (int) getpid());
+        i = open(tmp1, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
         if (i < 0)
                 return 1;
         dup2(i, 1);
@@ -209,12 +212,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 //                      fclose(fp);
 //              }
 //              if (strcmp(line_old, line_new) != 0) {
-                        fp = fopen(argv[2], "w");
+                        snprintf(tmp2, PATH_MAX, "%s.%u.new", argv[2], (int) getpid());
+                        fp = fopen(tmp2, "w");
                         if (!fp)
                                 return 1;
                         fputs(line_new, fp);
+                        if (fclose(fp))
+                                return 1;
 //              }
         }
 
+        if (fclose(stdout))
+                return 1;
+        if (rename(tmp1, argv[1]))
+                return 1;
+        if (rename(tmp2, argv[2]))
+                return 1;
         return 0;
 }