--- sysvinit-2.86/src/halt.c.foo	2005-12-20 15:09:35.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.86/src/halt.c	2005-12-20 15:09:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
 	/*
 	 *	Find out who we are
 	 */
+	if (argv[0][0] == '-') argv[0]++;
 	if ((progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) != NULL)
 		progname++;
 	else