diff -Naur newt-0.50.26.orig/form.c newt-0.50.26/form.c
--- newt-0.50.26.orig/form.c	Wed Apr  4 01:53:14 2001
+++ newt-0.50.26/form.c	Fri Jun 22 15:20:41 2001
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
     sock_name = 0;
   } /*if*/
   gpm_flag=0;
+  gpm_fd=-1;
   return -1;
 }