--- hurd/utils/x.orig	Wed Aug 22 10:14:05 2001
+++ hurd/utils/x.c	Wed Aug 22 10:14:53 2001
@@ -149,9 +149,8 @@ void verify_passwd (const char *name, co
 
   if (name)
     {
-      asprintf (&prompt, "Password for %s%s:",
-                is_group ? "group " : "", name);
-      if (! prompt)
+      if (asprintf (&prompt, "Password for %s%s:",
+                is_group ? "group " : "", name) < 0)
         prompt = "Password:";
     }
   else