diff --exclude CVS --exclude .git -uNr pcre-6.3/configure pcre-6.3.modified/configure
--- pcre-6.3/configure	2005-08-18 14:08:28.000000000 +0100
+++ pcre-6.3.modified/configure	2011-06-09 11:15:26.203273531 +0100
@@ -5885,7 +5885,7 @@
   exit 1
 fi
 gentoo_lt_version="1.5.18"
-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[:space:]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
+gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
 if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6