--- hal-0.4.2/tools/fstab-sync.c.orig	2007-08-01 12:30:30.000000000 +0000
+++ hal-0.4.2/tools/fstab-sync.c	2007-08-01 12:31:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
 fs_table_write (FSTable *table, int fd)
 {
   char *fstab_contents;
-  size_t bytes_written, bytes_to_write;
+  ssize_t bytes_written, bytes_to_write;
 
   fstab_contents = fs_table_to_string (table, &bytes_to_write);