$NetBSD: patch-bd,v 1.1 2008/08/31 06:52:29 dholland Exp $

--- server/buf.c.orig	1998-04-09 17:44:21.000000000 -0400
+++ server/buf.c	2008-08-31 01:18:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 *	Manage buffers.							*
 *									*
 ************************************************************************/
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "xmx.h"
@@ -65,8 +67,12 @@ buf_new
       chp = bp->head;
    }
    else {
-      if (MALLOC(bp, buffer_t *, sizeof(buffer_t)))
-         return (buffer_t *)err(0, "malloc returned zero");
+      if (MALLOC(bp, buffer_t *, sizeof(buffer_t))) {
+	 /* this err returns its first arg */
+         /*return (buffer_t *)err(0, "malloc returned zero");*/
+	 err(0, "malloc returned zero");
+         return NULL;
+      }
       if ((chp = new_chunk()) == 0) {
          free(bp);
          return 0;