diff -r f8d56da6ac8f -r 38919e1c254d mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Jun 08 21:22:38 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Jun 08 22:03:18 2005 -0800
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
     except:
         pass
 
-    patches = patch1 + patches
+    patches = (patch1,) + patches
     
     d = opts["base"]
     strip = opts["strip"]