diff --git a/contrib/Chaco/Makefile b/contrib/Chaco/Makefile
index 5dc3c1a411bafbc50c031049ca201ab20d36035a..b4c7d1ed6b89096773c67767f49aaa66f6dd7c34 100644
--- a/contrib/Chaco/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/Chaco/Makefile
@@ -108,12 +108,13 @@ ${LIB}: ${OBJ} ${OBJX}
 clean:
 	rm -f */*.o */*.obj
 
-depend:
-	(sed '/^# DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE/q' Makefile && \
-	${CXX} -MM ${CFLAGS} ${SRC} \
-	) >Makefile.new
-	cp Makefile Makefile.bak
-	cp Makefile.new Makefile
-	rm -f Makefile.new
+# Doesn't quite work
+# depend:
+# 	(sed '/^# DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE/q' Makefile && \
+# 	${CXX} -MM ${CFLAGS} ${SRC} \
+# 	) >Makefile.new
+# 	cp Makefile Makefile.bak
+# 	cp Makefile.new Makefile
+# 	rm -f Makefile.new
 
 # DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE
diff --git a/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_exit.h b/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_exit.h
index ab9b44bad4601c5559d4cb5604f8a6f9212ea77d..1f331ae2ee5ffffb9ba48dadd8b1cfbfd6ab3bad 100644
--- a/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_exit.h
+++ b/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_exit.h
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-// Gmsh - Copyright (C) 1997-2008 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
-//
-// See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
-// bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
-
-// Overload the printf statements in Chaco to write using Msg::Direct gmsh
-
+/* Gmsh - Copyright (C) 1997-2008 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
+ * bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
+ */
 #ifndef _GMSH_EXIT_H_
 #define _GMSH_EXIT_H_
 
+/* Throw instead of exit */
 int Gmsh_exit();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_printf.h b/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_printf.h
index 69e4ed1f3f37c207d8015ba687ccc7ab98bb14cf..a5f2dddede4a96c548c89474d72b3900a4d426ae 100644
--- a/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_printf.h
+++ b/contrib/Chaco/main/Gmsh_printf.h
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-// Gmsh - Copyright (C) 1997-2008 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
-//
-// See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
-// bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
-
-// Overload the printf statements in Chaco to write using Msg::Direct gmsh
-
+/* Gmsh - Copyright (C) 1997-2008 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
+ * bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
+ */
 #ifndef _GMSH_PRINTF_H_
 #define _GMSH_PRINTF_H_
 
-#define printf Gmsh_printf
+/* Overload the printf statements in Chaco to write using Msg::Direct gmsh */
+#define printf(fmt, ...) Gmsh_printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+/* #define fprintf(file, fmt, ...) Gmsh_printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) */
 int Gmsh_printf(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/contrib/Chaco/main/interface.c b/contrib/Chaco/main/interface.c
index 6f6cac7f6a837b0ff8d42ade67148662a7cf2a44..26b4fc2cd1c85888c10495129bba9107b1025690 100644
--- a/contrib/Chaco/main/interface.c
+++ b/contrib/Chaco/main/interface.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ int       terminal_propogation;
 /* Gmsh - end */
 {
     extern char *PARAMS_FILENAME;	/* name of file with parameter updates */
+    extern int ECHO;		/* copy input to screen? results to file? */
+    extern int OUTPUT_METRICS;	/* controls displaying of results (-2..2) */
+    extern int OUTPUT_TIME;	/* at what level to display timings (0..2) */
     extern int MAKE_VWGTS;	/* make vertex weights equal to degrees? */
     extern int MATCH_TYPE;      /* matching routine to use */
     extern int FREE_GRAPH;	/* free graph data structure after reformat? */
@@ -87,6 +90,12 @@ int       terminal_propogation;
     graph = NULL;
     coords = NULL;
 
+/* Gmsh - change to default parameters (these can be overridden by a parameters
+ * file */
+    ECHO = 0;
+    OUTPUT_METRICS = 1;
+    OUTPUT_TIME = 0;
+/* Gmsh - end */
 /* Gmsh - disable this for now.  It would be interesting to let someone include
  * it though */
 /*     if (!Using_Main) {		/\* If not using main, need to read parameters file. *\/ */