diff --git a/package/clifford/tdb/multi-line-string-fix.patch b/package/clifford/tdb/multi-line-string-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f82c19ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/clifford/tdb/multi-line-string-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- tdb-1.0.6/tdbtool.c.orig	2004-03-27 23:55:22.000000000 +0100
++++ tdb-1.0.6/tdbtool.c	2004-03-27 23:56:48.000000000 +0100
+@@ -169,23 +169,22 @@
+ 
+ static void help(void)
+ {
+-	printf("
+-tdbtool: 
+-  create    dbname     : create a database
+-  open      dbname     : open an existing database
+-  erase                : erase the database
+-  dump      dumpname   : dump the database as strings
+-  insert    key  data  : insert a record
+-  store     key  data  : store a record (replace)
+-  show      key        : show a record by key
+-  delete    key        : delete a record by key
+-  list                 : print the database hash table and freelist
+-  free                 : print the database freelist
+-  1 | first            : print the first record
+-  n | next             : print the next record
+-  q | quit             : terminate
+-  \\n                   : repeat 'next' command
+-");
++	printf("\n"
++"tdbtool: \n"
++"  create    dbname     : create a database\n"
++"  open      dbname     : open an existing database\n"
++"  erase                : erase the database\n"
++"  dump      dumpname   : dump the database as strings\n"
++"  insert    key  data  : insert a record\n"
++"  store     key  data  : store a record (replace)\n"
++"  show      key        : show a record by key\n"
++"  delete    key        : delete a record by key\n"
++"  list                 : print the database hash table and freelist\n"
++"  free                 : print the database freelist\n"
++"  1 | first            : print the first record\n"
++"  n | next             : print the next record\n"
++"  q | quit             : terminate\n"
++"  \\n                   : repeat 'next' command\n");
+ }
+ 
+ static void terror(char *why)