diff -Naur fetchmail-5.9.13.orig/daemon.c fetchmail-5.9.13/daemon.c
--- fetchmail-5.9.13.orig/daemon.c	Mon Apr  1 13:25:18 2002
+++ fetchmail-5.9.13/daemon.c	Mon Jul  1 17:02:05 2002
@@ -252,8 +252,14 @@
     return(PS_IOERR);
   }
 
+  /* if any path is relative on command line or in rcfile, opening it after
+   * this point fails. Also, if fetchmail reexecutes itself, opening the
+   * rcfile or logfile (which have been opened before this point) also can
+   * fail */
+#if 0
   /* move to root directory, so we don't prevent filesystem unmounts */
   chdir("/");
+#endif
 
   /* set our umask to something reasonable (we hope) */
 #if defined(DEF_UMASK)