commit - 703f0cd0ff2254a2ef0cce93f5e372eb21f40870
commit + 840c16f685ca8f617270f33af0525ae7bff5adc1
blob - f67a5b0a6cc854b0d52a66c6a1fcef8c199648d4
blob + a280019360db62b26e5dc841f132285d69717351
--- xitems.c
+++ xitems.c
@@ -31,7 +31,24 @@ usage(void)
 /* die -- print formatted string, and exit with the status eval. */
 static void
 die(int eval, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	fputs(PROGNAME ": ", stderr);
+	if (fmt) {
+		va_list argp;
+		va_start(argp, fmt);
+		vfprintf(stderr, fmt, argp);
+		va_end(argp);
+	}
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+	exit(eval);
+}
+
+/* edie -- same as die(), but also output a message via strerror(). */
+static void
+edie(int eval, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	int xerrno = errno;
+
 	fputs(PROGNAME ": ", stderr);
 	if (fmt) {
 		va_list argp;
@@ -39,6 +56,8 @@ die(int eval, const char *fmt, ...)
 		vfprintf(stderr, fmt, argp);
 		va_end(argp);
 	}
+	fprintf(stderr, ": %s", strerror(xerrno));
+
 	fputc('\n', stderr);
 	exit(eval);
 }
@@ -707,6 +726,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (!(dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
 		die(1, "couldn't open display");
+
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+	/* Xlib needs rpath at runtime. */
+	if (pledge("stdio rpath", NULL) == -1)
+		edie(1, "pledge");
+#endif
+
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 
 	if (!o_bg)