2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index a38c0cb6770..31f69a5bcd9 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-04-29  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * fakemail.c (read_header): Give fatal error if input has no header.
+
 2006-04-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         * b2m.c (main): Don't include <limits.h>.
diff --git a/lib-src/fakemail.c b/lib-src/fakemail.c
index 6b8634f34ab..30d39db533e 100644
--- a/lib-src/fakemail.c
+++ b/lib-src/fakemail.c
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ read_header ()
 
     } while (true);
 
+  if (! the_header)
+    fatal ("input message has no header");
   return the_header->next;
 }