> 
> the attached patch, that I sent to Tim Wilkinson about three weeks
> ago, fixes this very problem.  For some reason, he decided not to
> install it :-(
> 

I installed that patch.

I can't speak for Tim, but a possible reason why he did not install it
is that it fails with (FreeBSD's) patch, if naively applied.
The reason is that is had CRLF line endings.  After removing those, the
patch work just fine.

Thanks,

	- Godmar