1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a24a7251..0468f6d2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19983,7 +19983,7 @@ fi
   if $python_prog -c "import distutils.sysconfig ; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION'))" ; then
     PyVersion=`$python_prog -c "import distutils.sysconfig ; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION'))"`
     PyMajorVersion=`echo $PyVersion |sed -e 's/\..*//'`
-    PySubVersion=`echo $PyVersion |sed -e 's/\(2\|3\)\.//'`
+    PySubVersion=`echo $PyVersion |sed -e 's/2\.//' -e 's/3\.//'`
     PyName="python$PyVersion"
     if test "$PySubVersion" = "" ; then
       python="no"