Index: netcat-1.84/netcat.c
===================================================================
--- netcat-1.84.orig/netcat.c	2008-01-15 10:10:22.373351813 +0100
+++ netcat-1.84/netcat.c	2008-01-15 10:10:24.840730278 +0100
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@
 			hi = lo;
 			lo = cp;
 		}
+		else if (pfd[0].revents & POLLERR)
+			if (write(nfd, "", 1) == -1)
+			    warn("Write error");
 
 		/* Load ports sequentially. */
 		for (cp = lo; cp <= hi; cp++) {