diff --color -Naur elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/error.c elfutils-0.182/lib/error.c
--- elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/error.c	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ elfutils-0.182/lib/error.c	2021-03-09 13:11:55.794150396 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "error.h"
+
+extern char *__progname;
+
+void (*error_print_progname)(void) = 0;
+unsigned int error_message_count = 0;
+int error_one_per_line = 0;
+
+static void eprint(int status, int e, const char *file, unsigned int line, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	if (file && error_one_per_line) {
+		static const char *oldfile;
+		static unsigned int oldline;
+		if (line == oldline && strcmp(file, oldfile) == 0)
+			return;
+		oldfile = file;
+		oldline = line;
+	}
+	if (error_print_progname)
+		error_print_progname();
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", __progname);
+	if (file)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s:%u: ", file, line);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	if (e)
+		fprintf(stderr, ": %s\n", strerror(e));
+	error_message_count++;
+	if (status)
+		exit(status);
+}
+
+void error(int status, int e, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap,fmt);
+	eprint(status, e, 0, 0, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void error_at_line(int status, int e, const char *file, unsigned int line, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap,fmt);
+	eprint(status, e, file, line, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
diff --color -Naur elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/error.h elfutils-0.182/lib/error.h
--- elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/error.h	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ elfutils-0.182/lib/error.h	2021-03-09 13:11:55.794150396 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extern void (*error_print_progname)(void);
+extern unsigned int error_message_count;
+extern int error_one_per_line;
+
+void error(int, int, const char *, ...);
+void error_at_line(int, int, const char *, unsigned int, const char *, ...);
+
diff --color -Naur elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/Makefile.in elfutils-0.182/lib/Makefile.in
--- elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/Makefile.in	2020-10-31 18:38:59.000000000 -0400
+++ elfutils-0.182/lib/Makefile.in	2021-03-09 13:13:37.813935639 -0500
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
 libeu_a_LIBADD =
 am_libeu_a_OBJECTS = xstrdup.$(OBJEXT) xstrndup.$(OBJEXT) \
 	xmalloc.$(OBJEXT) next_prime.$(OBJEXT) crc32.$(OBJEXT) \
-	crc32_file.$(OBJEXT) color.$(OBJEXT) printversion.$(OBJEXT)
+	crc32_file.$(OBJEXT) color.$(OBJEXT) printversion.$(OBJEXT) \
+	error.$(OBJEXT)
 libeu_a_OBJECTS = $(am_libeu_a_OBJECTS)
 AM_V_P = $(am__v_P_@AM_V@)
 am__v_P_ = $(am__v_P_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
diff --color -Naur elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/system.h elfutils-0.182/lib/system.h
--- elfutils-0.182.orig/lib/system.h	2020-10-31 18:38:55.000000000 -0400
+++ elfutils-0.182/lib/system.h	2021-03-09 13:17:24.393600728 -0500
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 #define LIB_SYSTEM_H	1
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include "error.h"
 
 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 # define LE32(n)	(n)