--- src/fe-common/core/formats.c.orig	Fri Dec  9 01:32:44 2005

+++ src/fe-common/core/formats.c	Mon Sep 25 06:15:26 2006

@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@

 	GString *tmp;

 	const char *start;

 #ifdef HAVE_GLIB2

+	const char *oldstr;

 	gboolean utf8;

 #endif

 	g_return_val_if_fail(str != NULL, 0);

@@ -404,7 +405,10 @@

 		}

 #ifdef HAVE_GLIB2

+		oldstr = str;

 		len -= advance(&str, utf8);

+		if(len < 0)

+			str = oldstr;

 #else

 	  len--;

 		str++;