--- kdelibs-3.0.4/kdecore/ksycoca.cpp.ksyscoca	2002-09-09 20:25:56.000000000 -0400
+++ kdelibs-3.0.4/kdecore/ksycoca.cpp	2002-10-10 12:16:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -149,9 +149,15 @@
 }
 
 static void delete_ksycoca_self() {
-  delete KSycoca::_self;
+  if (KSycoca::_checkSelf())
+     delete KSycoca::_self;
+  
 }
 
+bool KSycoca::_checkSelf() {
+  return (_self ? true : false);
+}
+	
 KSycoca * KSycoca::self()
 {
     if (!_self) {
--- kdelibs-3.0.4/kdecore/ksycoca.h.ksyscoca	2002-09-09 20:25:56.000000000 -0400
+++ kdelibs-3.0.4/kdecore/ksycoca.h	2002-10-10 11:54:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     * Get or create the only instance of KSycoca (read-only)
     */
    static KSycoca *self();
+   static bool _checkSelf();
 
    virtual ~KSycoca();