--- configure.in	2004-01-01 21:03:42.000000000 +0000
+++ configure.in	2004-03-25 18:55:30.441245224 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 if test "x$FVWM_VERSION" = "x"; then FVWM_VERSION=unknown; fi
 AC_SUBST(FVWM_VERSION)dnl
 
-if (echo $REQUIRED_FVWM_VERSION; echo $FVWM_VERSION) \
-| sed 's/\./ /g' | uniq | sort -n -c 2>/dev/null; then
+if test ${REQUIRED_FVWM_VERSION//./} -le ${FVWM_VERSION//./}; then
 	:
 	# fvwm version is ok
 else