diff -Naur wget-1.11/src/log.c wget-1.11.tpg/src/log.c
--- wget-1.11/src/log.c	2008-01-26 09:26:57.000000000 +0000
+++ wget-1.11.tpg/src/log.c	2008-01-28 17:08:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -516,12 +516,19 @@
 {
   if (file)
     {
-      logfp = fopen (file, appendp ? "a" : "w");
-      if (!logfp)
-        {
-          fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", exec_name, file, strerror (errno));
-          exit (1);
+      if (strcmp(file, "-"))
+	{
+	  logfp = fopen (file, appendp ? "a" : "w");
+	  if (!logfp)
+	    {
+	      perror (opt.lfilename);
+              exit (1);
+            }
         }
+      else
+          {
+            logfp = stdout;
+          }
     }
   else
     {