Index: kern/err.c
===================================================================
--- kern/err.c	(Revision 1804)
+++ kern/err.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* err.c - error handling routines */
 /*
  *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
- *  Copyright (C) 2002,2005,2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002,2005,2007,2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ grub_print_error (void)
   do
     {
       if (grub_errno != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
-        grub_printf ("error: %s\n", grub_errmsg);
+        grub_err_printf ("error: %s\n", grub_errmsg);
     } 
   while (grub_error_pop ());
   
   /* If there was an assert while using error stack, report about it.  */
   if (grub_error_stack_assert)
     {
-      grub_printf ("assert: error stack overflow detected!\n");
+      grub_err_printf ("assert: error stack overflow detected!\n");
       grub_error_stack_assert = 0;
     }
 }
Index: kern/misc.c
===================================================================
--- kern/misc.c	(Revision 1804)
+++ kern/misc.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ grub_printf (const char *fmt, ...)
 
   return ret;
 }  
+#ifndef GRUB_UTIL
+int grub_err_printf (const char *fmt, ...)
+__attribute__ ((alias("grub_printf")));
+#endif
 
 void
 grub_real_dprintf (const char *file, const int line, const char *condition,
Index: include/grub/err.h
===================================================================
--- include/grub/err.h	(Revision 1804)
+++ include/grub/err.h	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* err.h - error numbers and prototypes */
 /*
  *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
- *  Copyright (C) 2002,2005,2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002,2005,2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ void EXPORT_FUNC(grub_fatal) (const char
 void EXPORT_FUNC(grub_error_push) (void);
 int EXPORT_FUNC(grub_error_pop) (void);
 void EXPORT_FUNC(grub_print_error) (void);
+int EXPORT_FUNC(grub_err_printf) (const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
 #endif /* ! GRUB_ERR_HEADER */
Index: util/misc.c
===================================================================
--- util/misc.c	(Revision 1804)
+++ util/misc.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
- *  Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2005,2006,2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2005,2006,2007,2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ grub_util_error (const char *fmt, ...)
   exit (1);
 }
 
+int
+grub_err_printf (const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  int ret;
+  
+  va_start (ap, fmt);
+  ret = vfprintf (stderr, fmt, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+
+  return ret;
+}
 void *
 xmalloc (size_t size)
 {