--- common_orig.c	Tue Jun  4 01:22:07 2002
+++ common.c	Tue Jun  4 01:21:37 2002
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@
         va_list ap;
         char *buf = NULL, *tmp;
         int size = 0, res;
+	const char *start;
 
-        va_start(ap, format);
+        start = format;
+	va_start(ap, format);
 
         if ((size = vsnprintf(buf, 0, format, ap)) < 1) {
                 size = 128;
@@ -99,6 +101,9 @@
                 if (!(buf = malloc(size + 1)))
                         return NULL;
         }
+	
+	format = start;
+	va_start(ap, format);
 
         vsnprintf(buf, size + 1, format, ap);