diff -urN sysvinit-2.76.orig/src/mesg.c sysvinit-2.76/src/mesg.c
--- sysvinit-2.76.orig/src/mesg.c	Fri Jul  2 14:02:50 1999
+++ sysvinit-2.76/src/mesg.c	Fri Jul  2 14:03:27 1999
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
 	if (!isatty(0)) {
 		/* Or should we look in /var/run/utmp? */
-		fprintf(stderr, "stdin: is not a tty\n");
 		return(1);
 	}