diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 77cabfb80..b977f09f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ whole rxr-tree.
  - fixed bug #90 - netcat creates a nc symlink
  - fixed mkreiserfs to not core dump on invalid user data
  - fixed ifname to not scream with bogus line-numbers
+ - Clifford: fixed pine crash on (e.g.) powerpc
 
 *) 2003-08-15 (2.0.0-camp - 2.0.0-rc1)
 
diff --git a/package/base/pine/hotfix.patch b/package/base/pine/hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14fbf75a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/pine/hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- ./pine/osdep/debuging.tim.orig	2002-11-28 01:19:37.000000000 +0100
++++ ./pine/osdep/debuging.tim	2003-08-16 13:53:23.000000000 +0200
+@@ -195,20 +195,22 @@
+ {
+     va_list args;
+ 
+-    va_start(args, fmt);
+-
+-    if(debug_fp && debug >= ps_global->dlevel && do_debug(debug_fp))
+-      vfprintf(debug_fp, fmt, args);
++    if(debug_fp && debug >= ps_global->dlevel && do_debug(debug_fp)) {
++        va_start(args, fmt);
++        vfprintf(debug_fp, fmt, args);
++        va_end(args);
++    }
+ 
+     if(ps_global->dlevel <= 9 || ps_global->dlevel <= debug){
+ 	char    b[64000];
+ 
++        va_start(args, fmt);
+ 	vsnprintf(b, sizeof(b), fmt, args);
++        va_end(args);
++
+ 	b[sizeof(b)-1] = '\0';
+ 	add_review_message(b, ps_global->dlevel);
+     }
+-
+-    va_end(args);
+ }
+ #endif /* DEBUGJOURNAL */
+