Index: src/join.c
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--- src/join.c.orig	2010-11-11 16:29:37.000000000 +0100
+++ src/join.c	2010-11-11 17:04:33.776501344 +0100
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
         case 't':
           {
-            char *newtab;
+            char *newtab = NULL;
             size_t newtablen;
             newtab = xstrdup (optarg);
 #if HAVE_MBRTOWC
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
               newtablen = 1;
             if (! newtab)
             {
-              newtab = '\n'; /* '' => process the whole line.  */
+              newtab = "\n"; /* '' => process the whole line.  */
             }
             else if (optarg[1])
               {