diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' cpu-1.4.3/src/util/parser.c mezzanine_patched_cpu-1.4.3/src/util/parser.c
--- cpu-1.4.3/src/util/parser.c	2003-10-22 17:17:15.000000000 -0400
+++ mezzanine_patched_cpu-1.4.3/src/util/parser.c	2007-07-24 15:17:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 {
   int fd = 0;
   ssize_t retval = 0;
+  ssize_t nread;
+  ssize_t bufsize;
   void * temp;
   struct stat buf;
 
@@ -75,14 +77,31 @@
       return NULL;
     }
 
-  temp = malloc(buf.st_size);
-  if ( temp == NULL )
-    return NULL;
-  bzero(temp, buf.st_size);
-
-  retval = read(fd, temp, buf.st_size);
+  for (nread = 0, temp = NULL, bufsize = 4096; ;bufsize *= 2)
+  {
+      void *temp2;
+      ssize_t rbufsize;
+      temp2 = malloc(bufsize);
+      if ( temp2 == NULL )
+      {
+	perror(filename);
+	return NULL;
+      }
+      bzero(temp2, bufsize);
+      if (temp)
+      {
+	memcpy(temp2, temp, nread);
+	free(temp);
+      }
+      temp = temp2;
+      rbufsize = bufsize - nread;
+      retval = read(fd, temp+nread, rbufsize);
+      nread += retval;
+      if (retval < rbufsize)
+	break;
+  }
   close(fd);
-  if ( retval != buf.st_size )
+  if (buf.st_size && nread != buf.st_size )
     printf("Hmm, didn't read all wanted data. Continuing\n");
   if ( retval < 0 )
     return NULL;