--- icb/strings.c.orig	Sun Sep 19 18:14:24 1999
+++ icb/strings.c	Sun Sep 19 18:20:05 1999
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "icb.h"
 #include "externs.h"
-#include <varargs.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 extern char *charmap;
 
@@ -334,19 +334,12 @@
 /* call with strscat(dest, src, src, ...) */
 
 char *
-strscat(va_alist)
-va_dcl
+strscat(char *dest, ...)
 {
-	char *dest, *src;
 	va_list args;
+	char *src;
 
-	va_start(args);
-
-	/* get the dest pointer */
-	if ((dest = va_arg(args, char *)) == 0) {
-		puts("fatal error: strscat called without dest");
-		exit(-1);
-	}
+	va_start(args, dest);
 
 	/* copy strings */
 	while ((src = va_arg(args, char *)) != NULL) {