--- rfc1738.cc-0	Mon Feb 18 11:19:24 2002
+++ rfc1738.cc	Wed Apr 10 10:06:35 2002
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ rfc1738_do_escape (const char *url, int 
 
   if (buf == NULL || strlen (url) * 3 > bufsize)
     {
-      delete[] buf;
+      if (buf)
+	delete[] buf;
       bufsize = strlen (url) * 3 + 1;
       buf = new char [bufsize];
     }