diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a536dc97..40daac02f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-26 Holger Vogt
+
+
 2009-04-25 Holger Vogt
- * configure.in: NGSPICEDATADIR set to $dprefix/share/ngspice
+ * configure.in, visualc/include/config.h: NGSPICEDATADIR set to $dprefix/share/ngspice
 
 2009-04-23 Holger Vogt
  * measure.c, inpcom.c, : winmessage() header added
diff --git a/src/frontend/numparam/xpressn.c b/src/frontend/numparam/xpressn.c
index ec8865aec..824917f29 100644
--- a/src/frontend/numparam/xpressn.c
+++ b/src/frontend/numparam/xpressn.c
@@ -397,7 +397,12 @@ define (tdico * dico,
       {
          scopy (v, t);
          sadd (v, ": cannot redefine");
-         err = message (dico, v);
+         /* suppress error message, resulting from multiple definition of
+         symbols (devices) in .model lines with same name, but in different subcircuits.
+         Subcircuit expansion is o.k., we have to deal with this numparam
+         behaviour later. (H. Vogt 090426) 
+         */
+         /*err = message (dico, v);*/
       }
    }
    Strrem(v);