--- configure.ORG	2003-10-11 01:08:45.000000000 +0200
+++ configure	2003-10-11 01:09:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 echo -n "Checking for kernel gcc... "
 
 kgcc=`cat /proc/version | sed 's/\(.*\)gcc version \([0-9.]*\).*/\2/'`
-bgcc=`gcc -v 2>&1|tail -1|sed 's/\(.*\) \([0-9.]*\).*/\2/'`
+bgcc=`gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1 | sed 's/\(.*\)gcc version \([0-9.]*\).*/\2/'`
 if test -z $bgcc; then
    bgcc=`gcc --version`
 fi