diff -r 1d43b65599a4 -r 7ce9588ba3e1 configure
--- a/configure	Sat Oct 10 16:41:12 2009 +0200
+++ b/configure	Sun Nov 22 15:40:53 2009 +0100
@@ -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