diff -up pm-utils-1.4.1/pm/pm-functions.in.orig pm-utils-1.4.1/pm/pm-functions.in
--- pm-utils-1.4.1/pm/pm-functions.in.orig	2011-08-22 14:52:58.976213050 +0200
+++ pm-utils-1.4.1/pm/pm-functions.in	2011-08-22 14:57:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -195,11 +195,13 @@ hook_ok()
 _run_hook() {
 	# $1 = hook to run
 	# rest of args passed to hook unchanged.
+	local hook_status
 	log "Running hook $*:"
 	hook_ok "$1" && "$@"
+	hook_status=$?
 	log ""
-	log -n "$*: " 
-	hook_exit_status $? && LAST_HOOK="${1##*/}" || inhibit
+	log -n "$*: "
+	hook_exit_status $hook_status && LAST_HOOK="${1##*/}" || inhibit
 }
 
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