diff --git a/check.t b/check.t
index 360110b..e775283 100644
--- a/check.t
+++ b/check.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.208 2008/07/10 19:06:15 tg Exp $
+# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.209 2008/07/10 20:05:01 tg Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: bksl-nl.t,v 1.2 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: history.t,v 1.5 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: read.t,v 1.3 2003/03/10 03:48:16 david Exp $
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ expected-stdout:
 	hi
 	1	echo hi
 expected-stderr-pattern:
-	/.*cannot unlink HISTFILE.*\nX*$/
+	/(.*cannot unlink HISTFILE.*\n)?X*$/
 ---
 name: history-e-minus-1
 description: