--- configure.orig	Sat Jan  5 17:07:53 2002
+++ configure	Sat Jan  5 17:07:53 2002
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   ac_cv_lbl_gcc_vers=`$CC -v 2>&1 | \
-			    sed -n -e '$s/.* //' -e '$s/\..*//p'`
+			    sed -n -e '$s/^.*version //' -e '$s/\..*//p'`
 fi
 
 		    echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_lbl_gcc_vers" 1>&6