diff -p -up yencode-0.46/src/ypost/sock.c.strfmt yencode-0.46/src/ypost/sock.c
--- yencode-0.46/src/ypost/sock.c.strfmt	2009-12-05 17:17:09.000000000 +0100
+++ yencode-0.46/src/ypost/sock.c	2009-12-05 17:25:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ sock_puts_meter_fd(int fd, const unsigne
 		if (opt_debug)
 			sockdebug(Y_SOCKDEBUG_SEND, (unsigned char *)(data+offset), rv);
 		offset += rv;
-		meter(current + offset, total, desc);
+		meter(current + offset, total, "%s", desc);
 	} while (offset < datalen);
 
 	free(data);