Avoid overflow for very long variable name

Otherwise, this:
  $ perl -le 'print "v"x(2**31+1) ."=1"' | dash
provokes integer overflow:

  (gdb) bt
  #0  doformat (dest=0x61d580, f=0x416a08 "%s: %d: %s: ", ap=0x7fffffffd308)
      at output.c:310
  #1  0x00000000004128c1 in outfmt (file=0x61d580, fmt=0x416a08 "%s: %d: %s: ")
      at output.c:257
  #2  0x000000000040382e in exvwarning2 (msg=0x417339 "Out of space",
      ap=0x7fffffffd468) at error.c:125
  #3  0x000000000040387e in exverror (cond=1, msg=0x417339 "Out of space",
      ap=0x7fffffffd468) at error.c:156
  #4  0x0000000000403938 in sh_error (msg=0x417339 "Out of space") at error.c:172
  #5  0x000000000040c970 in ckmalloc (nbytes=18446744071562067984)
      at memalloc.c:57
  #6  0x000000000040ca78 in stalloc (nbytes=18446744071562067972)
      at memalloc.c:132
  #7  0x000000000040ece9 in grabstackblock (len=18446744071562067972)
      at memalloc.h:67
  #8  0x00000000004106b5 in readtoken1 (firstc=118, syntax=0x419522 "",
      eofmark=0x0, striptabs=0) at parser.c:1040
  #9  0x00000000004101a4 in xxreadtoken () at parser.c:826
  #10 0x000000000040fe1d in readtoken () at parser.c:697
  #11 0x000000000040edcc in parsecmd (interact=0) at parser.c:145
  #12 0x000000000040c679 in cmdloop (top=1) at main.c:224
  #13 0x000000000040c603 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffd9f8) at main.c:178

  #8  0x00000000004106b5 in readtoken1 (firstc=118, syntax=0x419522 "",
      eofmark=0x0, striptabs=0) at parser.c:1040
  1040    grabstackblock(len);
  (gdb) p len
  $30 = -2147483644

Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2012-03-11  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	* Avoid overflow for very long variable name.
+	$ perl -le 'print "v"x(2**31+1) ."=1"' | dash
+
 2012-02-25  Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
 
 	* Sanitise environment variable names on entry.