diff -Nur gnupg-1.9.16-orig/common/signal.c gnupg-1.9.16/common/signal.c
--- gnupg-1.9.16-orig/common/signal.c	2004-12-21 11:03:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gnupg-1.9.16/common/signal.c	2005-05-10 07:55:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
 static const char *
 get_signal_name( int signum )
 {
-#if defined(SYS_SIGLIST_DECLARED) && defined(NSIG)
-  return (signum >= 0 && signum < NSIG) ? sys_siglist[signum] : "?";
-#else
-  return "some signal";
-#endif
+  const char* tmp = strsignal(signum);
+  if (tmp)
+    return tmp;
+  else
+    return "some signal";
 }
 #endif /*!HAVE_DOSISH_SYSTEM*/