From 4445663cb1b2de1eb9818cfe89f60ed7659335f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Edwards <tim@opencircuitdesign.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:36:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Modified a routine to return a valid string when attempting
 to generate a name for an instance that is set to NULL.  It is not clear to
 me by an instance would have a NULL name, but apparently it can happen, and
 should not crash magic.

---
 VERSION               | 2 +-
 database/DBcellname.c | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8379da0c..aabce324 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.513
+8.3.514
diff --git a/database/DBcellname.c b/database/DBcellname.c
index e493a3cf..c60f710f 100644
--- a/database/DBcellname.c
+++ b/database/DBcellname.c
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ dbGetUseName(celluse)
     ybuf[0] = '\0';
 
     useID = celluse->cu_id;
+    if (useID == NULL)
+    {
+	newID = (char *)mallocMagic(7);
+	sprintf(newID, "(null)");
+	return (newID);
+    }
     newsize = strlen(useID) + 1;
     if (isx || isy)
     {