--- ./configure.orig	2011-04-21 23:32:41.000000000 +0200
+++ ./configure	2011-04-21 23:32:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -15848,7 +15848,7 @@
 		MYSQL_VERSION="`$MYSQL_CONFIG --version`"
 		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MYSQL_VERSION" >&5
 $as_echo "$MYSQL_VERSION" >&6; }
-		if test ${MYSQL_VERSION//.*/} -le 4 ; then
+		if test ${MYSQL_VERSION} -le 4 ; then
 			as_fn_error "mysql must be newer than 5.0.0" "$LINENO" 5
 		fi