--- clit18/clit18/clit.c.bak	2004-07-04 16:20:12.000000000 +0300
+++ clit18/clit18/clit.c	2007-09-09 20:38:27.530488746 +0300
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ void DisplayErrorText( DWORD dwLastError
 void lit_error(int what, char * fmt, ...) {
     va_list     ap;
     unsigned long int       w32err;
+    int saved_errno;
 
+    saved_errno = errno;
     va_start(ap, fmt);
     printed_error++;
 
@@ -386,8 +388,10 @@ void lit_error(int what, char * fmt, ...
         vfprintf(stderr,fmt, ap);
         printf("\n");
 
-        if (what & ERR_LIBC)
+        if (what & ERR_LIBC) {
+            errno = saved_errno;
             perror("\tLIBC reports");
+        }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
         if (what & ERR_WIN32)
             DisplayErrorText(w32err);