diff -urNp coreutils-7.6-orig/src/true.c coreutils-7.6/src/true.c
--- coreutils-7.6-orig/src/true.c	2009-09-01 13:01:16.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-7.6/src/true.c	2009-11-18 15:00:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -54,18 +54,19 @@ Usage: %s [ignored command line argument
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
-  set_program_name (argv[0]);
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-  textdomain (PACKAGE);
-
-  atexit (close_stdout);
 
   /* Recognize --help or --version only if it's the only command-line
      argument.  */
   if (argc == 2)
     {
+      initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
+      set_program_name (argv[0]);
+      setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+      bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+      textdomain (PACKAGE);
+
+      atexit (close_stdout);
+
       if (STREQ (argv[1], "--help"))
         usage (EXIT_STATUS);