checking for kernel version... 2.6.28-17-generic checking for GCC version... ./configure: eval: line 5540: syntax error near unexpected token `)' ./configure: eval: line 5540: `my_compiler_version=4.3.3-5ubuntu4)' Kernel compiler: Used compiler: gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3
gcc --version gives (yes, it is ugly!): gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
The following change works for this particular case, but perhaps there is a better answer?
--- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([CHECK_COMPILER], [ ;; [[0-9]].[[0-9]]*) if test -z "$ac_compiler_version"; then - ac_compiler_version="$i" + ac_compiler_version=`echo $i | sed -e 's|[[^0-9]]*([[0-9.]]+).*$|\1|'` fi ;; esac