--- l2_channel.c	Thu Apr 17 07:25:58 2003
+++ ../l2_mod/l2_channel.c	Mon Oct 27 09:00:46 2003
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@
     l2_result_t rv;
     l2_util_format_t vfmt;
     l2_env_t *env;
+    char *message;
 
     /* argument sanity check */
     if (ch == NULL || level == 0 || fmt == NULL)
@@ -574,10 +575,12 @@
     if (!(ch->levelmask & level))
         return L2_OK;
 
+    message = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * L2_MAX_MSGSIZE);
+
     /* format message */
     env = ch->env;
-    vfmt.curpos = env->message;
-    vfmt.endpos = env->message + L2_MAX_MSGSIZE;
+    vfmt.curpos = message;
+    vfmt.endpos = message + L2_MAX_MSGSIZE;
     vfmt.data[0].vp = env;
     vfmt.data[1].i  = L2_ERR_FMT;
     vfmt.flush  = l2_channel_vlog_flush;
@@ -585,23 +588,25 @@
     if ((len = l2_util_format(&vfmt, fmt, ap)) == -1)
         return (l2_result_t)(vfmt.data[1].i);
     if (len == 0)
-        return L2_ERR_FMT;
+    return L2_ERR_FMT;
+
 
     /* make sure a trailing newline exists */
-    if (env->message[len-1] != '\n') {
+    if (message[len-1] != '\n') {
         if (len == L2_MAX_MSGSIZE)
             return L2_ERR_MEM;
-        env->message[len++] = '\n';
-        env->message[len]   = '\0';
+        message[len++] = '\n';
+        message[len]   = '\0';
     }
 
     /* write message to channel */
     rv = L2_OK;
-    if ((rv = l2_channel_write(ch, level, env->message, len)) != L2_OK)
+    if ((rv = l2_channel_write(ch, level, message, len)) != L2_OK)
         return rv;
     if (ch->flushmask & level)
         l2_channel_flush(ch);
 
+    free(message);
     return rv;
 }