diff -r 12e98d88cf09 -r 34267fb0912e configure
--- a/configure	Wed Oct 15 08:08:02 2008 +0000
+++ b/configure	Wed Oct 29 22:27:30 2008 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 /bin/bash/^GNU bash, version 3\.
 make/^GNU Make
 gcc/
-awk/^GNU Awk
+gawk/^GNU Awk
 sed/
 bison/
 flex/
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@
               continue
           else
               if [ -n "${regexp}" ]; then
-                  str=$(${tool} --version 2>&1 |grep -E "${regexp}" |head -n 1)
+                  tool_version=$(${tool} --version 2>&1)
+                  str=$(echo "${tool_version}" |grep -E "${regexp}" |head -n 1)
                   if [ -z "${str}" ]; then
-                      echo "wrong version string"
+                      echo "wrong version string: expecting regexp '${regexp}'"
                       where=""
                       continue
                   fi