1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifconfig.c b/networking/ifconfig.c
index c898de543..00dc455b0 100644
--- a/networking/ifconfig.c
+++ b/networking/ifconfig.c
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
         unsigned char did_flags;
 #endif
         char *p;
-        char host[128];
+        /*char host[128];*/
+        const char *host = NULL; /* make gcc happy */
 
         goterr = 0;
         did_flags = 0;
@@ -376,8 +377,8 @@ int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                                 char *prefix;
                                                 int prefix_len = 0;
 #endif
-
-                                                safe_strncpy(host, *argv, (sizeof host));
+                                                /*safe_strncpy(host, *argv, (sizeof host));*/
+                                                host = *argv;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
                                                 prefix = strchr(host, '/');
                                                 if (prefix) {
@@ -453,7 +454,8 @@ int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                                 if (strcmp("ether", *argv) || (*++argv == NULL)) {
                                                         bb_show_usage();
                                                 }
-                                                safe_strncpy(host, *argv, sizeof(host));
+                                                /*safe_strncpy(host, *argv, sizeof(host));*/
+                                                host = *argv;
                                                 if (in_ether(host, &sa)) {
                                                         bb_error_msg("invalid hw-addr %s", host);
                                                         ++goterr;