diff -r 3cd375ecdd72 -r bd17cca444ae configure
--- a/configure	Sun Nov 13 18:24:36 2011 +0100
+++ b/configure	Tue Nov 15 19:11:57 2011 +0100
@@ -550,11 +550,11 @@
 else
     case "${VERSION}" in
         *+hg|hg)
-            rev_id="$( hg log -r . --template '{branch}:{node|short}\n' \
+            rev_id="$( hg log -r . --template '{branch}-{node|short}\n' \
                               2>/dev/null                               \
                        || true                                          \
                      )"
-            VERSION="${VERSION}@${rev_id:-unknown:$( date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S )}"
+            VERSION="${VERSION}@${rev_id:-unknown-$( date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S )}"
             ;;
     esac
 fi