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-rw-r--r--src/xz/main.c3
-rw-r--r--src/xz/message.c2
-rw-r--r--src/xz/message.h5
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/main.c b/src/xz/main.c
index 14502573..0685bc27 100644
--- a/src/xz/main.c
+++ b/src/xz/main.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
// Set up the locale and message translations.
tuklib_gettext_init(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
- // Initialize handling of error/warning/other messages.
+ // Initialize progress message handling. It's not always needed
+ // but it's simpler to do this unconditionally.
message_init();
// Set hardware-dependent default values. These can be overridden
diff --git a/src/xz/message.c b/src/xz/message.c
index 46d7f0c8..0dfbebe1 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.c
+++ b/src/xz/message.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static bool current_filename_printed = false;
/// True if we should print progress indicator and update it automatically
/// if also verbose >= V_VERBOSE.
-static bool progress_automatic;
+static bool progress_automatic = false;
/// True if message_progress_start() has been called but
/// message_progress_end() hasn't been called yet.
diff --git a/src/xz/message.h b/src/xz/message.h
index fd3333a7..1734f0ea 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.h
+++ b/src/xz/message.h
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ enum message_verbosity {
extern const int message_progress_sigs[];
-/// \brief Initializes the message functions
+/// \brief Initializes the progress message functions
+///
+/// message_fatal() and such can be called even before message_init()
+/// has been called.
///
/// If an error occurs, this function doesn't return.
///