--- a/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 # Since this directory contains two parsers, we have to be careful to avoid
 # running two $(YACC)s during parallel makes.  See below.
 getdate.c: getdate.y
-	@echo expect 9 shift/reduce conflicts
+	@echo expect 10 shift/reduce conflicts
 	$(YACC) $(srcdir)/getdate.y
 	mv y.tab.c getdate.c
 

--- a/lib/safe-read.c
+++ b/lib/safe-read.c
@@ -1,4 +1,43 @@
-/* Read LEN bytes at PTR from descriptor DESC, retrying if necessary.
+/* safe-read.c -- an interface to read that retries after interrupts
+   Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#if defined (CONFIG_BROKETS)
+/* We use <config.h> instead of "config.h" so that a compilation
+   using -I. -I$srcdir will use ./config.h rather than $srcdir/config.h
+   (which it would do because it found this file in $srcdir).  */
+#include <config.h>
+#else
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef STDC_HEADERS
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+
+/* Read LEN bytes at PTR from descriptor DESC, retrying if interrupted.
    Return the actual number of bytes read, zero for EOF, or negative
    for an error.  */
 
@@ -8,24 +47,20 @@
      char *ptr;
      int len;
 {
-  int n_remaining;
+  int n_chars;
 
-  n_remaining = len;
-  while (n_remaining > 0)
-    {
-      int n_chars = read (desc, ptr, n_remaining);
-      if (n_chars < 0)
-	{
+  if (len <= 0)
+    return len;
+
 #ifdef EINTR
-	  if (errno == EINTR)
-	    continue;
+  do
+    {
+      n_chars = read (desc, ptr, len);
+    }
+  while (n_chars < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+#else
+  n_chars = read (desc, ptr, len);
 #endif
-	  return n_chars;
-	}
-      if (n_chars == 0)
-	break;
-      ptr += n_chars;
-      n_remaining -= n_chars;
-    }
-  return len - n_remaining;
+
+  return n_chars;
 }