2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 925898a0..f841dec0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-09-28         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* io.c (devopen): Move declaration of `cp' to where it's first used.
+
 2017-09-18         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* README: Update required version of texinfo.tex.
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 6330fcda..378b1156 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,6 @@ int
 devopen(const char *name, const char *mode)
 {
 	int openfd;
-	char *cp;
 	int flag;
 	struct inet_socket_info isi;
 	int save_errno = 0;
@@ -1805,8 +1804,7 @@ devopen(const char *name, const char *mode)
 		bool hard_error = false;
 		bool non_fatal = is_non_fatal_redirect(name, strlen(name));
 		char save;
-
-		cp = (char *) name;
+		char *cp = (char *) name;
 
 		/* socketopen requires NUL-terminated strings */
 		cp[isi.localport.offset+isi.localport.len] = '\0';