--- bash-2.04/parse.y.compat	Wed Mar 29 23:31:47 2000
+++ bash-2.04/parse.y	Wed Mar 29 23:33:11 2000
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@
 			}
 	;
 
-word_list:	WORD
+word_list:
+			{ $$ = (WORD_LIST *)NULL; }
+	|	WORD
 			{ $$ = make_word_list ($1, (WORD_LIST *)NULL); }
 	|	word_list WORD
 			{ $$ = make_word_list ($2, $1); }