--- glibc-2.3.2/argp/argp-help.c	2002-04-08 18:19:17.000000000 +1000
+++ glibc-2.3.2-cp/argp/argp-help.c	2005-01-28 21:22:34.000000000 +1000
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@
 	    comma (uparams.long_opt_col, &pest);
 	    __argp_fmtstream_printf (stream, "--%s", opt->name);
 	    if (first_long_opt || uparams.dup_args)
-	      arg (real, "=%s", "[=%s]", state->root_argp->argp_domain,
+	      arg (real, "=%s", "[=%s]", state ? state->root_argp->argp_domain : 0,
 		   stream);
 	    else if (real->arg)
 	      hhstate->suppressed_dup_arg = 1;