diff --exclude CVS --exclude .git -uNr libxml++-1.0.5/configure libxml++-1.0.5.modified/configure
--- libxml++-1.0.5/configure	2005-09-27 19:58:07.000000000 +0100
+++ libxml++-1.0.5.modified/configure	2011-07-05 14:11:30.226574781 +0100
@@ -6849,7 +6849,7 @@
   exit 1
 fi
 gentoo_lt_version="1.5.18"
-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[:space:]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
+gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
 if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6