diff -u commands.c gcommands.c
--- commands.c	Tue Jun 13 10:24:43 2000
+++ gcommands.c	Thu Mar  8 14:38:08 2001
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-  if (stat (file->name, &st) == 0
+  if (atomic_stat (file->name, &st) == 0
       && S_ISREG (st.st_mode)
       && FILE_TIMESTAMP_STAT_MODTIME (file->name, st) != file->last_mtime)
     {
diff -u dir.c gdir.c
--- dir.c	Mon May  8 14:26:00 2000
+++ gdir.c	Fri Mar  9 13:21:10 2001
@@ -344,8 +350,8 @@
 #ifdef VMS
       r = vmsstat_dir (name, &st);
 #else
-      r = stat (name, &st);
+      r = atomic_stat (name, &st);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS32
       /* Put back the trailing '\'.  If we don't, we're permanently
@@ -540,7 +561,7 @@
        */
       if (dir->path_key &&
           (dir->fs_flags & FS_FAT ||
-           (stat(dir->path_key, &st) == 0 &&
+           (atomic_stat(dir->path_key, &st) == 0 &&
             st.st_mtime > dir->mtime))) {
 
         /* reset date stamp to show most recent re-process */
@@ -1106,7 +1141,7 @@
     char *path;
     struct stat *buf;
 {
-  return stat (path, buf);
+  return atomic_stat (path, buf);
 }
 #endif
 
diff -u make.h gmake.h
--- make.h	Thu Jun 15 01:25:37 2000
+++ gmake.h	Thu Mar  8 14:37:25 2001
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@
 extern void make_access PARAMS ((void));
 extern void child_access PARAMS ((void));
 
+extern int atomic_stat (const char *, struct stat *);
+
 #ifdef  HAVE_VFORK_H
 # include <vfork.h>
 #endif
diff -u misc.c gmisc.c
--- misc.c	Tue Jun 20 10:00:17 2000
+++ gmisc.c	Thu Mar  8 17:54:27 2001
@@ -857,3 +857,16 @@
   return value;
 }
 #endif
+
+int
+atomic_stat (file_name, buf)
+const char *file_name;
+struct stat *buf;
+{
+
+if (strstr(file_name, "buyer"))
+printf("Called atomic_stat(%s)\n", file_name);
+  while (stat (file_name, buf) != 0)
+    if (errno != EINTR)
+      return errno;
+}
diff -u read.c gread.c
--- read.c	Wed Jun 21 15:33:30 2000
+++ gread.c	Thu Mar  8 14:40:39 2001
@@ -2464,7 +2464,7 @@
 	      dir = expanded;
 	  }
 
-	if (stat (dir, &stbuf) == 0 && S_ISDIR (stbuf.st_mode))
+	if (atomic_stat (dir, &stbuf) == 0 && S_ISDIR (stbuf.st_mode))
 	  {
 	    if (idx == max - 1)
 	      {
@@ -2497,7 +2497,7 @@
 #endif
 
   for (i = 0; default_include_directories[i] != 0; ++i)
-    if (stat (default_include_directories[i], &stbuf) == 0
+    if (atomic_stat (default_include_directories[i], &stbuf) == 0
 	&& S_ISDIR (stbuf.st_mode))
       dirs[idx++] = default_include_directories[i];
 
diff -u remake.c gremake.c
--- remake.c	Tue Jun 20 10:00:17 2000
+++ gremake.c	Thu Mar  8 14:48:25 2001
@@ -1228,13 +1213,12 @@
 {
   struct stat st;
 
- while (stat (name, &st) != 0)
-   if (errno != EINTR)
-     {
-       if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
-         perror_with_name ("stat:", name);
-       return NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
-     }
+  if (atomic_stat (name, &st) != 0)
+  {
+    if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
+      perror_with_name ("stat:", name);
+    return NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
+  }
 
   return FILE_TIMESTAMP_STAT_MODTIME (name, st);
 }
diff -u vmsfunctions.c gvmsfunctions.c
--- vmsfunctions.c	Sat Feb  5 02:50:48 2000
+++ gvmsfunctions.c	Thu Mar  8 14:40:48 2001
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
   if (!(status & 1))
     return -1;
 
-  status = stat (name, buf);
+  status = atomic_stat (name, buf);
   if (status)
     return -1;
 
diff -u vpath.c gvpath.c
--- vpath.c	Tue Jun 13 10:24:45 2000
+++ gvpath.c	Thu Mar  8 18:30:30 2001
@@ -515,7 +522,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	  if (!exists_in_cache	/* Makefile-mentioned file need not exist.  */
-	      || stat (name, &st) == 0) /* Does it really exist?  */
+	      || atomic_stat (name, &st) == 0) /* Does it really exist?  */
 	    {
 	      /* We have found a file.
 		 Store the name we found into *FILE for the caller.  */