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-rwxr-xr-xbootstrap.sh2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 1a161c86e..52ecda47b 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fi
# we require automake 1.13 or later
# check must happen externally due to use of newer macro
-AUTOMAKE_VERSION=`automake --version | head -n1 | rev | sed -e 's/\s.*$//' | rev`
+AUTOMAKE_VERSION=`automake --version | grep automake | egrep -o '([0-9]{1,}\.)+[0-9]{1,}'`
if [ "$AUTOMAKE_VERSION" \< "1.13" ]; then
echo >&2 "automake version $AUTOMAKE_VERSION is too old (need 1.13 or later)"
exit 1