diff --git a/svn/patches/ddclient.daemon-timeout.patch b/svn/patches/ddclient.daemon-timeout.patch
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+++ b/svn/patches/ddclient.daemon-timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# patch added to revision 28
+#
+Index: ddclient
+===================================================================
+--- ddclient	(revision 27)
++++ ddclient	(working copy)
+@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
+     usage("invalid argument '-use %s'; possible values are:\n%s", $opt{'use'}, join("\n",ip_strategies_usage()))
+       unless exists $ip_strategies{lc opt('use')};
+     
+-    $daemon = define($opt{'daemon'}, $globals{'daemon'});
++    $daemon = $opt{'daemon'};
+     $daemon = 0 if opt('force');
+ 
+     ## obtain the IP address to use.
+@@ -979,9 +979,13 @@
+     $opt{'min-error-interval'} = max(interval(opt('min-error-interval')), interval(default('min-error-interval')));
+ 
+     $opt{'timeout'}  = 0               if opt('timeout') < 0;
+-    $opt{'daemon'}   = minimum('daemon')
+-      if   define($opt{'daemon'},$globals{'daemon'},0) 
+-	&& define($opt{'daemon'},$globals{'daemon'}) < minimum('daemon');
++
++    ## only set $opt{'daemon'} if it has been explicitly passed in
++    if (define($opt{'daemon'},$globals{'daemon'},0)) {
++        $opt{'daemon'} = interval(opt('daemon'));
++        $opt{'daemon'} = minimum('daemon')
++          if ($opt{'daemon'} < minimum('daemon'));
++    }
+     
+     ## define or modify host options specified on the command-line
+     if (exists $opt{'options'} && defined $opt{'options'}) {