--- 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;
 }