--- configure.orig	Tue Apr 22 07:01:43 2003
+++ configure	Thu Jan 18 12:39:56 2007
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 head $source_path/VERSION >>config.mak
 echo "" >>config.mak
 echo -n "#define QE_VERSION \"" >> $TMPH
-head $source_path/VERSION >> $TMPH
+echo -n `head $source_path/VERSION` >> $TMPH
 echo "\"" >> $TMPH
 if test "$network" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define CONFIG_NETWORK 1" >> $TMPH