diff -ruN coreutils-5.2.1/src/paste.c coreutils-5.2.1.new/src/paste.c
--- coreutils-5.2.1/src/paste.c	2004-01-23 09:57:02.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-5.2.1.new/src/paste.c	2005-08-28 16:03:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@
 /* Indicates that no delimiter should be added in the current position. */
 #define EMPTY_DELIM '\0'
 
-static FILE dummy_closed;
+/* static FILE dummy_closed; */
 /* Element marking a file that has reached EOF and been closed. */
-#define CLOSED (&dummy_closed)
+/* #define CLOSED (&dummy_closed) */
 
-static FILE dummy_endlist;
+/* static FILE dummy_endlist; */
 /* Element marking end of list of open files. */
-#define ENDLIST (&dummy_endlist)
+/* #define ENDLIST (&dummy_endlist) */
+
+#define CLOSED ((FILE *)-1)
+#define ENDLIST ((FILE *)-2)
 
 /* Name this program was run with. */
 char *program_name;