--- lib/error.c.orig	Fri Mar 27 12:22:34 1998
+++ lib/error.c	Thu Jan 31 08:49:18 2002
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@
     {
 #if defined HAVE_STRERROR_R || defined _LIBC
       char errbuf[1024];
-      fprintf (stderr, ": %s", __strerror_r (errnum, errbuf, sizeof errbuf));
+      __strerror_r (errnum, errbuf, sizeof errbuf);
+      fprintf (stderr, ": %s", errbuf);
 #else
       fprintf (stderr, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
 #endif