--- patch-2.5/util.c~	Thu Jul 10 09:16:12 1997

+++ patch-2.5/util.c	Sun Jun  6 18:16:30 1999

@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@

   int r;

   va_list args;

+  fflush(stderr);	/* Ensure pending errors are written before the question */

+

   vararg_start (args, format);

   vfprintf (stdout, format, args);

   va_end (args);