--- src/do.c.orig	2004-12-09 20:24:21.308692835 +0000
+++ src/do.c	2004-12-09 20:24:01.748373868 +0000
@@ -3471,6 +3471,11 @@ void RecFileCheck(char *startpath,void *
   struct stat sb; 
 
 ptr = (struct File *)vp;
+ /* don;t you just love gdb.. */
+ if (ptr == NULL) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "I would of segfaulted here but solar does not encourage that type of behavior.\n");
+	return;
+ }
 
 Verbose("%s: Checking files in %s...\n",VPREFIX,startpath);