diff --git a/news/nntp/files/patch-xfer-nntpxfer.c b/news/nntp/files/patch-xfer-nntpxfer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94de45437f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/nntp/files/patch-xfer-nntpxfer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- xfer/nntpxfer.c.orig	1996-01-09 07:28:03 UTC
++++ xfer/nntpxfer.c
+@@ -547,12 +556,14 @@ char *articleid;
+ 	int len;
+ #endif
+ 	char id[BUFSIZ];
++#ifndef CNEWS
+ 	char *p;
++#endif
+ 
+ 	/* remove any case sensitivity */
+ 	(void) strcpy(id, articleid);
+-	p = id;
+ #ifndef CNEWS
++	p = id;
+ 	while (*p)
+ 		{
+ 		if (isupper(*p))