diff -ru xen-3.0.4-testing-orig/tools/libxen/src/xen_common.c xen-3.0.4-testing/tools/libxen/src/xen_common.c
--- xen-3.0.4-testing-orig/tools/libxen/src/xen_common.c	2007-02-07 16:15:33.000000000 -0700
+++ xen-3.0.4-testing/tools/libxen/src/xen_common.c	2007-02-09 11:08:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -634,8 +634,15 @@
             0 != strcmp((char *)value_node->children->name, "struct") ||
             value_node->children->children == NULL)
         {
+#if PERMISSIVE
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                    "Expected Map from the server, but didn't get one\n");
+            ((arbitrary_map **)value)[slot] = NULL;
+#else
+
             server_error(s,
                          "Expected Map from the server, but didn't get it");
+#endif
         }
         else
         {
Only in xen-3.0.4-testing/tools/libxen/src: xen_common.c~