diff -Nru ../eject-2.0.13.old/eject.c ./eject.c
--- ../eject-2.0.13.old/eject.c	2002-12-09 17:28:08.000000000 -0500
+++ ./eject.c	2005-05-09 01:38:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -687,7 +687,11 @@
 	char line[1024];
 	int status;
 
-	regcomp(&preg, pattern, REG_EXTENDED);
+	if (regcomp(&preg, pattern, REG_EXTENDED)!=0) {
+		perror(programName);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 
 	fp = fopen((p_option ? "/proc/mounts" : "/etc/mtab"), "r");
 	if (fp == NULL)