--- cmdline.c.old	2000-05-08 22:52:36.000000000 +0200

+++ cmdline.c	2009-09-17 10:55:51.000000000 +0200

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@

 	     */

 	    if (retval == -1)

 		commandline_errormsg(stderr, args, argv[0], errorhead);

+	    free(getopt_desc);

 	    return retval;

 	}

     }

@@ -165,13 +166,18 @@

 	for (ptr = args; ptr->option; ptr++)

 	    if (opt == ptr->option)

 		break;

-	if (!ptr->option) /* unknown option */

+	if (!ptr->option){ /* unknown option */

+	    free(getopt_desc);

 	    return commandline_errormsg(stderr, args, argv[0], errorhead);

+	}

 	if ( (retval = commandline_oneopt(ptr, optarg)) ) { /*  wrong arg */

 	    if (retval == -1)

 		commandline_errormsg(stderr, args, argv[0], errorhead);

+	    free(getopt_desc);

 	    return retval;

 	}

     }

+

+    free(getopt_desc);

     return 0;

 }