diff -u curl-7.10.6-orig/lib/mprintf.c curl-7.10.6/lib/mprintf.c
--- curl-7.10.6-orig/lib/mprintf.c	2003-06-26 07:22:12.000000000 -0400
+++ curl-7.10.6/lib/mprintf.c	2005-06-30 01:21:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
   case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
   case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
   case 'h': case 'l': case 'L': case 'Z': case 'q':
+  case '*':
     return TRUE;
   default:
     return FALSE;