diff -urN menu-2.1.5.orig/install-menu/install-menu.cc menu-2.1.5/install-menu/install-menu.cc
--- menu-2.1.5.orig/install-menu/install-menu.cc	Tue Apr  2 17:31:16 2002
+++ menu-2.1.5/install-menu/install-menu.cc	Tue Apr  2 17:37:44 2002
@@ -810,8 +810,11 @@
   size_t destlen = sizeof(buf) - 1;
   char *tmp = buf;
 
-  if ( iconv(iconvcontext, (char**)&start, &srclen, &tmp, &destlen) < text.length() )
-    cerr << "iconv from " << from << " to " << to << " failed for: " << text << endl;
+  if ( iconv(iconvcontext, (char**)&start, &srclen, &tmp, &destlen) == (size_t)-1 )
+    cerr << "iconv from " << from << " to " << to 
+	 << " failed for: " << text
+	 << " (" << strerror(errno) << ')'
+	 << endl;
 
   iconv_close(iconvcontext);
   *tmp='\0';