diff -urN /usr/ports/editors/lpe/files/patch-ae lpe/files/patch-ae
--- /usr/ports/editors/lpe/files/patch-ae	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ lpe/files/patch-ae	Mon Apr 23 13:41:50 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- src/lpe.c	Thu Apr 19 02:16:41 2001
++++ src/lpe.c	Thu Apr 19 03:08:30 2001
+@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@
+ {
+     buffer *node;
+ 
+-    while (the_buf->next != the_buf)
++    if (the_buf->text != NULL)
+     {
+-        node = the_buf->next;
+-        the_buf->next = the_buf->next->next;
+-        the_buf->next->prev = the_buf;
+-        free(node);
++    	while (the_buf->next != the_buf)
++    	{
++	        node = the_buf->next;
++	        the_buf->next = the_buf->next->next;
++	        the_buf->next->prev = the_buf;
++	        free(node);
++    	}
+     }
++    	
+     free(the_buf);
+ }
+