diff -dur ncurses-5.3/configure ncurses-5.3-p/configure
--- ncurses-5.3/configure	2002-09-22 02:49:14.000000000 +0200
+++ ncurses-5.3-p/configure	2004-11-04 19:10:01.187625096 +0100
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@
 if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
 	echo "$as_me:1964: checking version of gcc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking version of gcc... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -1`"
+	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -n1`"
 	echo "$as_me:1967: result: $GCC_VERSION" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$GCC_VERSION" >&6
 fi
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@
 if test "$GXX" = yes; then
 	echo "$as_me:2851: checking version of g++" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking version of g++... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -1`"
+	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -n1`"
 	echo "$as_me:2854: result: $GXX_VERSION" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$GXX_VERSION" >&6
 	case $GXX_VERSION in
Nur in ncurses-5.3-p/: configure~.
diff -dur ncurses-5.3/configure.in ncurses-5.3-p/configure.in
--- ncurses-5.3/configure.in	2002-09-15 02:11:28.000000000 +0200
+++ ncurses-5.3-p/configure.in	2004-11-04 19:09:52.302975768 +0100
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 GCC_VERSION=none
 if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(version of gcc)
-	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -1`"
+	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -n1`"
 	AC_MSG_RESULT($GCC_VERSION)
 fi
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 GXX_VERSION=none
 if test "$GXX" = yes; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(version of g++)
-	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -1`"
+	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -n1`"
 	AC_MSG_RESULT($GXX_VERSION)
 	case $GXX_VERSION in
 	1*|2.[[0-6]]*)
Nur in ncurses-5.3-p/: configure.in~.