--- ray/src/gen/xform.c	2009/07/26 18:34:59	2.41
+++ ray/src/gen/xform.c	2009/07/26 18:36:17	2.42
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: xform.c,v 2.41 2009/07/26 18:34:59 greg Exp $";
+static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: xform.c,v 2.42 2009/07/26 18:36:17 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  *  xform.c - program to transform object files.
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ doargf(			/* take argument list from file */
 		for (i = fi+2; i < ac; i++)
 			avp[newac++] = av[i];
 		avp[newac] = NULL;
-		newid = oldid = NULL;
+		newid = newidbuf;
+		oldid = NULL;
 		for (i = 2; i < newac; i++)
 			if (!strcmp(avp[i-1], "-n")) {
 				oldid = avp[i];
-				newid = newidbuf;
 				if (strlen(oldid)+32 > sizeof(newidbuf)) {
 					newid = (char *)malloc(strlen(oldid)+32);
 					if (newid == NULL)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ doargf(			/* take argument list from file */
 		if (oldid == NULL) {
 			newav[0] = av[0];
 			newav[1] = "-n";
-			newav[2] = newid = newidbuf;
+			newav[2] = newid;
 			avp = newav;
 			newac += 2;
 		}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ doargf(			/* take argument list from file */
 		else
 			sprintf(newid, "%s.%d", oldid, k);
 		err |= main(newac, avp);
-		if (newid != NULL && newid != newidbuf)
+		if (newid != newidbuf)
 			free((void *)newid);
 		k++;
 	}