diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
index 1abd3b19912..49f5087e6a6 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c,v 1.117.2.4 2006/05/24 21:20:24 tgl Exp $
+ *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c,v 1.117.2.5 2007/08/06 01:38:32 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ ReadStr(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	int			l;
 
 	l = ReadInt(AH);
-	if (l == -1)
+	if (l < 0)
 		buf = NULL;
 	else
 	{
@@ -1406,7 +1406,9 @@ ReadStr(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 		if (!buf)
 			die_horribly(AH, modulename, "out of memory\n");
 
-		(*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, (void *) buf, l);
+		if ((*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, (void *) buf, l) != l)
+			die_horribly(AH, modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+
 		buf[l] = '\0';
 	}
 
@@ -2547,8 +2549,8 @@ ReadHead(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	/* If we haven't already read the header... */
 	if (!AH->readHeader)
 	{
-
-		(*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, tmpMag, 5);
+		if ((*AH->ReadBufPtr) (AH, tmpMag, 5) != 5)
+			die_horribly(AH, modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
 
 		if (strncmp(tmpMag, "PGDMP", 5) != 0)
 			die_horribly(AH, modulename, "did not find magic string in file header\n");
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
index 3edbb8f5c0a..bfa4eaf02f4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c,v 1.33 2005/10/15 02:49:38 momjian Exp $
+ *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_custom.c,v 1.33.2.1 2007/08/06 01:38:32 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ _WriteByte(ArchiveHandle *AH, const int i)
  *
  * Called by the archiver to read bytes & integers from the archive.
  * These routines are only used to read & write headers & TOC.
- *
+ * EOF should be treated as a fatal error.
  */
 static int
 _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
@@ -711,9 +711,10 @@ _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
 	int			res;
 
-	res = fgetc(AH->FH);
-	if (res != EOF)
-		ctx->filePos += 1;
+	res = getc(AH->FH);
+	if (res == EOF)
+		die_horribly(AH, modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+	ctx->filePos += 1;
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
index b36a1c8600f..51fd64fa191 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c,v 1.27 2005/10/15 02:49:38 momjian Exp $
+ *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c,v 1.27.2.1 2007/08/06 01:38:32 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -397,9 +397,10 @@ _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
 	int			res;
 
-	res = fgetc(AH->FH);
-	if (res != EOF)
-		ctx->filePos += 1;
+	res = getc(AH->FH);
+	if (res == EOF)
+		die_horribly(AH, modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+	ctx->filePos += 1;
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
index b50919f3f5a..506c9a639be 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c,v 1.49.2.3 2006/11/01 15:59:31 tgl Exp $
+ *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c,v 1.49.2.4 2007/08/06 01:38:32 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ _tarReadRaw(ArchiveHandle *AH, void *buf, size_t len, TAR_MEMBER *th, FILE *fh)
 			used = avail;
 
 		/* Copy, and adjust buffer pos */
-		memcpy(buf, AH->lookahead, used);
+		memcpy(buf, AH->lookahead + AH->lookaheadPos, used);
 		AH->lookaheadPos += used;
 
 		/* Adjust required length */
@@ -766,12 +766,13 @@ static int
 _ReadByte(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 {
 	lclContext *ctx = (lclContext *) AH->formatData;
-	int			res;
-	char		c = '\0';
+	size_t		res;
+	unsigned char c;
 
 	res = tarRead(&c, 1, ctx->FH);
-	if (res != EOF)
-		ctx->filePos += res;
+	if (res != 1)
+		die_horribly(AH, modulename, "unexpected end of file\n");
+	ctx->filePos += 1;
 	return c;
 }