--- src/tick.c~	Sat Aug 19 12:56:47 2000
+++ src/tick.c	Sun Oct 20 02:43:29 2002
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 
   offset=str+curr_len;
 
-  args=va_start(args,fmt);
+  va_start(args,fmt);
 
   written=vsnprintf(offset,left,fmt,args);
 
