diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4131de5..819f9ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for Minix editline 0.2.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for Minix editline 0.2.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <joachim@vmlinux.org>.
 #
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Minix editline'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='minix-editline'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.2.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Minix editline 0.2.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.2.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Minix editline 0.2.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='joachim@vmlinux.org'
 
 ac_unique_file="src/editline.c"
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Minix editline 0.2.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Minix editline 0.2.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Minix editline 0.2.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Minix editline 0.2.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Minix editline configure 0.2.0
+Minix editline configure 0.2.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Minix editline $as_me 0.2.0, which was
+It was created by Minix editline $as_me 0.2.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='minix-editline'
- VERSION='0.2.0'
+ VERSION='0.2.1'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -5382,7 +5382,7 @@ exec 6>&1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Minix editline $as_me 0.2.0, which was
+This file was extended by Minix editline $as_me 0.2.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -5435,7 +5435,7 @@ Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>."
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Minix editline config.status 0.2.0
+Minix editline config.status 0.2.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c8b7da7..313704f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT(Minix editline, 0.2.0, joachim@vmlinux.org)
+AC_INIT(Minix editline, 0.2.1, joachim@vmlinux.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/editline.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 
diff --git a/src/editline.c b/src/editline.c
index 730714f..7cc413a 100755
--- a/src/editline.c
+++ b/src/editline.c
@@ -988,18 +988,24 @@ hist_add(p)
 }
 
 STATIC char *
-read_redirected()
+read_redirected(void)
 {
-    int		size;
+    int		size = MEM_INC;
     char	*p;
     char	*line;
     char	*end;
 
-    for (size = MEM_INC, p = line = NEW(char, size), end = p + size; ; p++) {
+    p = line = NEW(char, size);
+    end = p + size;
+    while (1) {
 	if (p == end) {
+            int oldpos = end - line;
+
 	    size += MEM_INC;
-	    p = line = realloc(line, size);
+	    p = RENEW(line, char, size);
 	    end = p + size;
+
+            p += oldpos;        /* Continue where we left off... */
 	}
 	if (read(0, p, 1) <= 0) {
 	    /* Ignore "incomplete" lines at EOF, just like we do for a tty. */
@@ -1008,6 +1014,7 @@ read_redirected()
 	}
 	if (*p == '\n')
 	    break;
+        p++;
     }
     *p = '\0';
     return line;