diff -Naur dash-0.5.7/src/jobs.c dash-0.5.7.tpg//src/jobs.c
--- dash-0.5.7/src/jobs.c	2011-03-15 07:45:32.000000000 +0000
+++ dash-0.5.7.tpg//src/jobs.c	2011-08-20 19:53:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
 				goto out;
 #endif
 		}
-		col = fmtstr(s, 32, strsignal(st));
+		col = fmtstr(s, 32, strsignal(st),"%s");
 #ifdef WCOREDUMP
 		if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
 			col += fmtstr(s + col, 16, " (core dumped)");