diff -aur pine4.50.orig/pine/osdep/rename pine4.50/pine/osdep/rename
--- pine4.50.orig/pine/osdep/rename	1993-07-15 19:07:14.000000000 -0400
+++ pine4.50/pine/osdep/rename	2002-12-06 16:14:17.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define PATH_MAX	2048
+#endif
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
       Rename a file
 
@@ -10,7 +13,18 @@
 rename_file(tmpfname, fname)
     char *tmpfname, *fname;
 {
-    return(rename(tmpfname, fname));
+	char *resolvedpath;
+	int rc = 0;
+	if( (resolvedpath = (char *) malloc(PATH_MAX*sizeof(char))) == NULL ) {
+		dprint(2,(debugfile,"---- rename_file(%s, %s) failed ------\n",
+					tmpfname, fname));
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	/* resolves symbolic links */
+	realpath(fname, resolvedpath);
+	rc = rename(tmpfname, resolvedpath);
+	free(resolvedpath);
+    return(rc);
 }