diff -r 3dd3b6279985 -r c1449228cbb5 configure
--- a/configure	Sun Jan 17 11:57:53 2010 -0500
+++ b/configure	Fri Aug 06 23:45:18 2010 +0200
@@ -383,11 +383,10 @@
 
 # If this version is n hg clone, try to get the revision number
 # If we can't get the revision number, use date
+printf "Computing version string... "
 case "${VERSION}" in
     *+hg|hg)
-        has_or_abort prog=hg
-        printf "Computing version string... "
-        REVISION="$( hg id -n 2>/dev/null )"
+        REVISION="$( hg id -n 2>/dev/null || true )"
         case "${REVISION}" in
             "")
                 VERSION="${VERSION}_unknown@$( date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S )";;
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@
         VERSION="$( printf "${VERSION}\n" |"${sed}" -r -e 's|/+|_|g;' )"
         ;;
 esac
-echo "${VERSION}"
+printf "${VERSION}\n"
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compute and check install paths