--- ./Wnn/jserver/de.c.org	Thu Aug 18 18:31:23 1994
+++ ./Wnn/jserver/de.c	Fri Feb 28 01:13:16 1997
@@ -264,7 +264,16 @@
 	fclose(stdin);
 	fclose(stdout);
 	if(!noisy){
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 	    fclose(stderr);
+#else /* __FreeBSD__ */
+	    int fd = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+	    if (fd < 0) {
+		xerror("Cannot open /dev/null\n");
+	    }
+	    dup2(fd, 2);
+	    close(fd);
+#endif /* __FreeBSD__ */
 	}
 
 #if defined(hpux) || defined(SOLARIS)