--- rsync-2.6.0/options.c~	2003-12-30 19:16:25.000000000 +0100
+++ rsync-2.6.0/options.c	2004-01-01 22:37:26.920536232 +0100
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@
 char *find_colon(char *s)
 {
 	char *p, *p2;

+	if (!s || !*s) return NULL;
 	p = strchr(s,':');
 	if (!p) return NULL;