diff --git a/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.patch b/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..212de85961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+--- lib_l2/l2_channel.c.orig	Mon Jan 27 17:01:35 2003
++++ lib_l2/l2_channel.c	Thu Jul 31 08:58:17 2003
+@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
+     l2_env_t *env;
+ 
+     /* argument sanity check */
+-    if (ch == NULL || level == 0 || fmt == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (ch == NULL || level == 0 || fmt == NULL)
+         return L2_ERR_ARG;
+ 
+     /* make sure only a single level is specified */
+--- lib_l2/l2_ut_param.c.orig	Mon Jan  6 12:41:52 2003
++++ lib_l2/l2_ut_param.c	Thu Jul 31 08:59:07 2003
+@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
+     int n;
+ 
+     /* argument sanity check */
+-    if (env == NULL || pa == NULL || fmt == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (env == NULL || pa == NULL || fmt == NULL)
+         return L2_ERR_ARG;
+ 
+     /* on-the-fly create or just take over parameter specification string */
+--- lib_val/val.c.orig	Thu Feb  6 17:58:40 2003
++++ lib_val/val.c	Thu Jul 31 09:00:43 2003
+@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
+     val_t *child;
+ 
+     /* argument consistency check */
+-    if (val == NULL || name == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (val == NULL || name == NULL)
+         return VAL_RC(VAL_ERR_ARG);
+ 
+     /* recursive step-down on structured name */
+@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
+     val_t *child;
+ 
+     /* argument consistency check */
+-    if (val == NULL || name == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (val == NULL || name == NULL)
+         return VAL_RC(VAL_ERR_ARG);
+     
+     /* recursive step-down on structured name */
+--- lib_var/var.c.orig	Mon Feb 10 22:15:41 2003
++++ lib_var/var.c	Thu Jul 31 09:01:11 2003
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+     int n;
+     int bytes;
+ 
+-    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (format == NULL)
+         return -1;
+     bytes = 0;
+     while (*format != '\0') {
+@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
+     int n;
+     var_mvsnprintf_cb_t ctx;
+ 
+-    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (format == NULL)
+         return -1;
+     if (buffer != NULL && bufsize == 0)
+         return -1;
+--- lib_tai/ts.c.orig	Thu Apr 18 11:10:47 2002
++++ lib_tai/ts.c	Thu Jul 31 09:05:09 2003
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+     int n;
+     int bytes;
+ 
+-    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (format == NULL)
+         return -1;
+     bytes = 0;
+     while (*format != '\0') {
+@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
+     int n;
+     va_list ap2;
+ 
+-    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
++    if (format == NULL)
+         return NULL;
+     ap2 = ap;
+     if ((n = ts_suite_mvxprintf(NULL, 0, format, ap)) == -1)
diff --git a/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.spec b/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.spec
index 58f3db25ac..f33b3d6d4c 100644
--- a/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.spec
+++ b/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp.spec
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [BASE]
 Group:        Mail
 License:      GPL
 Version:      1.2.0
-Release:      20030723
+Release:      20030731
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/tool/lmtp2nntp/lmtp2nntp-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:      rc.lmtp2nntp
 Source2:      lmtp2nntp.conf
+Patch0:       lmtp2nntp.patch
 
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 
 %prep
     %setup -q
+    %patch -p0
 
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \