diff -uNrp watchdog-5.3.1.orig/src/nfsmount_xdr.c watchdog-5.3.1/src/nfsmount_xdr.c
--- watchdog-5.3.1.orig/src/nfsmount_xdr.c	2007-05-30 13:00:37.000000000 -0400
+++ watchdog-5.3.1/src/nfsmount_xdr.c	2007-05-30 13:02:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ xdr_ppathcnf (XDR *xdrs, ppathcnf *objp)
 			 if (!xdr_short (xdrs, &objp->pc_pipe_buf))
 				 return FALSE;
 
-		} else {
+		} /*else {
 		IXDR_PUT_LONG(buf, objp->pc_link_max);
 		IXDR_PUT_SHORT(buf, objp->pc_max_canon);
 		IXDR_PUT_SHORT(buf, objp->pc_max_input);
 		IXDR_PUT_SHORT(buf, objp->pc_name_max);
 		IXDR_PUT_SHORT(buf, objp->pc_path_max);
 		IXDR_PUT_SHORT(buf, objp->pc_pipe_buf);
-		}
+		} */
 		 if (!xdr_u_char (xdrs, &objp->pc_vdisable))
 			 return FALSE;
 		 if (!xdr_char (xdrs, &objp->pc_xxx))