diff -r 1d43b65599a4 -r 58e37a9e90e5 configure
--- a/configure	Sat Oct 10 16:41:12 2009 +0200
+++ b/configure	Tue Nov 17 10:01:22 2009 -0800
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@
                     printf "no\n"
                     continue
                 elif [ -n "${ver}" ]; then
-                    str=$( "${where}" --version 2>&1 |grep -E "${ver}" |head -n 1 )
+                    str=$( LC_ALL=C "${where}" --version 2>&1   \
+                           |grep -E "${ver}"                    \
+                           |head -n 1
+                         )
                     if [ -z "${str}" ]; then
                         printf "no\n"
                         unset where