diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index 7cd33b5fd..0a382e99a 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-04-28  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* filter.h: Remove const from WHAT.
+	* progress.c (handle_progress): Store a copy of NAME.
+	(progress_filter): Release WHAT, make sure not to print a NULL WHAT.
+	* openfile.c (open_sigfile): Adjust free for new progress semantics.
+	* plaintext.c (ask_for_detached_datafile): Don't dealloc pfx->WHAT.
+
 2003-04-28  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* build-packet.c (build_sig_subpkt): Comments.
diff --git a/g10/filter.h b/g10/filter.h
index d420d7c62..9f235fd6b 100644
--- a/g10/filter.h
+++ b/g10/filter.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 typedef struct {
-    const char *what;		/* description */
+    char *what;		        /* description */
     u32 last_time;		/* last time reported */
     unsigned long last;		/* last amount reported */
     unsigned long offset;	/* current amount */
diff --git a/g10/openfile.c b/g10/openfile.c
index b1fd98ea9..3306e2f7d 100644
--- a/g10/openfile.c
+++ b/g10/openfile.c
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ open_sigfile( const char *iname, progress_filter_context_t *pfx )
 		log_info(_("assuming signed data in `%s'\n"), buf );
 	    if (a && pfx)
 	      handle_progress (pfx, a, buf);
-	    else
-	      m_free(buf);
+            m_free(buf);
 	}
     }
     return a;
diff --git a/g10/plaintext.c b/g10/plaintext.c
index 2567a7613..96d916679 100644
--- a/g10/plaintext.c
+++ b/g10/plaintext.c
@@ -328,14 +328,11 @@ ask_for_detached_datafile( MD_HANDLE md, MD_HANDLE md2,
 			   const char *inname, int textmode )
 {
     progress_filter_context_t pfx;
-    int dealloc_pfx_name = 1;
     char *answer = NULL;
     IOBUF fp;
     int rc = 0;
 
     fp = open_sigfile( inname, &pfx ); /* open default file */
-    if (!fp)
-      dealloc_pfx_name = 0;
 
     if( !fp && !opt.batch ) {
 	int any=0;
@@ -370,8 +367,6 @@ ask_for_detached_datafile( MD_HANDLE md, MD_HANDLE md2,
     }
     do_hash( md, md2, fp, textmode );
     iobuf_close(fp);
-    if (dealloc_pfx_name)
-      m_free ((void *)pfx.what);
 
   leave:
     m_free(answer);
@@ -398,7 +393,6 @@ hash_datafiles( MD_HANDLE md, MD_HANDLE md2, STRLIST files,
 	if( fp ) {
 	    do_hash( md, md2, fp, textmode );
 	    iobuf_close(fp);
-	    m_free ((void *)pfx.what);
 	    return 0;
 	}
         log_error (_("no signed data\n"));
diff --git a/g10/progress.c b/g10/progress.c
index 707163dca..4d873eea9 100644
--- a/g10/progress.c
+++ b/g10/progress.c
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ progress_filter (void *opaque, int control,
       pfx->offset = 0;
       pfx->last_time = make_timestamp ();
 
-      sprintf (buffer, "%.20s ? %lu %lu", pfx->what, pfx->offset,
+      sprintf (buffer, "%.20s ? %lu %lu",
+               pfx->what? pfx->what : "?",
+               pfx->offset,
 	       pfx->total);
       write_status_text (STATUS_PROGRESS, buffer);
     }
@@ -69,7 +71,9 @@ progress_filter (void *opaque, int control,
 	{
 	  char buffer[50];
 	  
-	  sprintf (buffer, "%.20s ? %lu %lu", pfx->what, pfx->offset,
+	  sprintf (buffer, "%.20s ? %lu %lu",
+                   pfx->what? pfx->what : "?", 
+                   pfx->offset,
 		   pfx->total);
 	  write_status_text (STATUS_PROGRESS, buffer);
 
@@ -77,6 +81,14 @@ progress_filter (void *opaque, int control,
 	  pfx->last_time = timestamp;
 	}
     }
+  else if (control == IOBUFCTRL_FREE)
+    {
+      /* Note, that we must always dealloc resources of a filter
+         within the filter handler and not anywhere else.  (We set it
+         to NULL and check all uses just in case.) */
+      m_free (pfx->what);
+      pfx->what = NULL;
+    }
   else if (control == IOBUFCTRL_DESC)
     *(char**)buf = "progress_filter";
   return rc;
@@ -99,7 +111,7 @@ handle_progress (progress_filter_context_t *pfx, IOBUF inp, const char *name)
     filesize = opt.set_filesize;
 
   /* register the progress filter */
-  pfx->what = name ? name : "stdin";
+  pfx->what = m_strdup (name ? name : "stdin");
   pfx->total = filesize;
   iobuf_push_filter (inp, progress_filter, pfx);
 }