diff --git a/Numeric/Numeric.cpp b/Numeric/Numeric.cpp
index 60fb0894211070e37eb58b662248649164eccc44..e7e445532574de70206b0f7321789aec015ced49 100644
--- a/Numeric/Numeric.cpp
+++ b/Numeric/Numeric.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: Numeric.cpp,v 1.8 2003-03-02 05:26:29 geuzaine Exp $
+// $Id: Numeric.cpp,v 1.9 2003-03-03 23:47:32 geuzaine Exp $
 //
 // Copyright (C) 1997 - 2003 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 //
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ int check_gsl()
   if(major < 1 || (major == 1 && minor < 2)) {
     Msg(FATAL1, "Your GSL version (%d.%d.X) has a bug in the singular value",
         major, minor);
-    Msg(FATAL3,
-        "decomposition code. Please upgrade to version 1.2 or above.");
+    Msg(FATAL2, "decomposition code. Please upgrade to version 1.2 or above.");
+    Msg(FATAL3, "You can download the GSL from http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/");
     return 0;
   }
   // set new error handler
diff --git a/Numeric/gsl_brent.cpp b/Numeric/gsl_brent.cpp
index c4373a03ed71e762a9f98ddb8f2fb385f047b250..127f1d4e7d732a9de2518ebb3ce5fa725ac27eab 100644
--- a/Numeric/gsl_brent.cpp
+++ b/Numeric/gsl_brent.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: gsl_brent.cpp,v 1.6 2003-03-02 05:23:11 geuzaine Exp $
+// $Id: gsl_brent.cpp,v 1.7 2003-03-03 23:47:32 geuzaine Exp $
 //
 // Copyright (C) 1997 - 2003 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 //
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ double brent(double ax, double bx, double cx,
     status = gsl_min_fminimizer_iterate(s);
     if(status)
       break;    // solver problem    
-    b = gsl_min_fminimizer_x_minimum(s);
+    b = gsl_min_fminimizer_minimum(s);
+    // this is deprecated: we should use gsl_min_fminimizer_x_minimum(s) instead
     a = gsl_min_fminimizer_x_lower(s);
     c = gsl_min_fminimizer_x_upper(s);
     status = gsl_min_test_interval(a, c, tol, 0.0);