--- freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/04/04 12:46:13	1.8
+++ freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/04/14 19:56:27	1.12
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.8 2025/04/04 12:46:13 snw Exp $
+ *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.12 2025/04/14 19:56:27 snw Exp $
  *      FreeM local system table and user-defined special variable table 
  *
  *  
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
  *   along with FreeM.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  *   $Log: symtab_bltin.c,v $
+ *   Revision 1.12  2025/04/14 19:56:27  snw
+ *   Working towards FreeBSD fix
+ *
+ *   Revision 1.11  2025/04/13 04:22:43  snw
+ *   Fix snprintf calls
+ *
+ *   Revision 1.10  2025/04/10 01:24:39  snw
+ *   Remove C++ style comments
+ *
+ *   Revision 1.9  2025/04/09 19:52:02  snw
+ *   Eliminate as many warnings as possible while building with -Wall
+ *
  *   Revision 1.8  2025/04/04 12:46:13  snw
  *   Patch Solaris 8 crash and bump version to 0.63.1-rc1
  *
@@ -154,13 +166,12 @@ void symtab_init (void)
         mbpartition = (char *) shm_alloc ((size_t) PSIZE + 2);
         if (mbpartition != NULL) {
             shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals = TRUE;
+            shm_config->hdr->partition = mbpartition;
         }
         else {
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  falling back to global-backed structured system variables\r\n");
             shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals = FALSE;
         }
-
-        shm_config->hdr->partition = mbpartition;
         
         if (symtab_get_sem ()) {
             for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) shm_config->hdr->alphptr[i] = 0L;
@@ -175,8 +186,10 @@ void symtab_init (void)
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  could not attach to symbol table semaphore\r\n");
             exit (1);
         }
-        
-        mbpartition = shm_config->hdr->partition;
+
+        if (shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals == TRUE) {
+            mbpartition = shm_config->hdr->partition;
+        }
 
         symtab_release_sem ();
     }
@@ -385,7 +398,7 @@ void symtab_bltin (short action, char *k
     stcnv_m2c (tt_with);
     stcnv_m2c (tt_key);
     
-    snprintf (key, 100, "%s%s\201\201", tt_with, tt_key);
+    sprintf (key, "%s%s\201\201", tt_with, tt_key);
 
     
 no_with:    
@@ -591,7 +604,7 @@ no_with:
             /* OLD get_sym routine */     
             if ((i = alphptr[(int) key[0]])) {
 
-//                printf ("alphptr match; writing_mb = %d\r\n", writing_mb);                
+/*                printf ("alphptr match; writing_mb = %d\r\n", writing_mb);                */
                 
                 k = 1;
                 j = i + 1;			/* first char always matches! */
@@ -634,6 +647,9 @@ no_with:
                 
                 } while (i < PSIZE);
             }
+            else {
+                printf ("alphptr not found\r\n");
+            }
 
             merr_raise (M6);
             data[0] = EOL;
@@ -1841,7 +1857,7 @@ zinvend:
                     *newptr++ = k1;
                     *newptr++ = set_sym;
                     
-                    //if (mcmnd != ZNEW) test = FALSE;
+                    /*if (mcmnd != ZNEW) test = FALSE; */
 
                     return;
 
@@ -1908,7 +1924,7 @@ zinvend:
                     
                     char esbuf[256];
 
-                    snprintf (esbuf, 255, "%d\201", estack);
+                    snprintf (esbuf, sizeof (esbuf) - 1, "%d\201", estack);
 
                     j = stcpy (newptr, esbuf);