Index: main/editline/el.c
===================================================================
--- main/editline/el.c	(revision 277262)
+++ main/editline/el.c	(working copy)
@@ -55,15 +55,16 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "el.h"
 
+static EditLine global_el;
+
 /* el_init():
  *	Initialize editline and set default parameters.
  */
 public EditLine *
 el_init(const char *prog, FILE *fin, FILE *fout, FILE *ferr)
 {
+	EditLine *el = &global_el;
 
-	EditLine *el = (EditLine *) el_malloc(sizeof(EditLine));
-
 	if (el == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 
 	if (term_init(el) == -1) {
 		free(el->el_prog);
-		el_free(el);
+		el->el_prog = NULL;
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	(void) key_init(el);
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@
 
 	if (el->el_prog)
 		el_free((ptr_t) el->el_prog);
-	el_free((ptr_t) el);
+	el->el_prog = NULL;
 }