1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/boot b/boot
index 0cdee985f6..9c5f1c5d7f 100644
--- a/boot
+++ b/boot
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for f in $libraries; do
        else
            stage=1
        fi
-       top=`echo $f | sed "s/[^/]*/../g"`
+       top=`echo $f | sed 's#[^/]\+#..#g'`
        echo "${f}_PACKAGE = ${pkg}" >> $f/ghc.mk
        echo "\$(eval \$(call build-package,${f},dist-install,${stage}))" >> $f/ghc.mk
        rm -f $f/GNUmakefile