--- xboard-4.2.7/backend.c	2003-11-28 09:37:36.000000000 +0000
+++ xboard-4.2.7+byte/backend.c	2006-04-04 21:14:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -1421,8 +1421,46 @@
 static int player1Rating = -1;
 static int player2Rating = -1;
 /*----------------------------*/
 
+/* timeseal doesn't strip out the extra \n\r,
+ * but also incorrectly removes the \n from the
+ * final \n\r before the prompt
+ *
+ * FICS input:        \n\r\n\r[timeseal data]\n\rfics%
+ * timeseal output:   \n\r\n\r\rfics%
+ * normal FICS input: \n\rfics%
+ *
+ * This function strips out the \n\r\r sequence.
+ */
+int
+fix_timeseal(text)
+	char *text;
+{
+	char *p = text;
+	char *q = text;
+	char last[3];
+	char ch;
+	int fixed = 0;
+
+	memset(last, 0, 3);
+	do {
+		ch = *p++;
+		last[0] = last[1];
+		last[1] = last[2];
+		last[2] = ch;
+		if (last[0] == '\n' && last[1] == '\r' && last[2] == '\r') {
+			*q--; // remove \n
+			*q--; // remove \r
+			fixed += 3;
+			continue; // skip \r
+		}
+		*q++ = ch;
+	} while (ch != '\0');
+
+	return fixed;
+}
+
 void
 read_from_ics(isr, closure, data, count, error)
      InputSourceRef isr;
      VOIDSTAR closure;
@@ -1464,8 +1502,10 @@
       }
     }
 #endif
 
+	count -= fix_timeseal(data);
+
     if (count > 0) {
 	/* If last read ended with a partial line that we couldn't parse,
 	   prepend it to the new read and try again. */
 	if (leftover_len > 0) {