fix computation of APIVERSION

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 3f2ff51a8..3c2f517b6 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PACKAGE=automake
 datadir=.
 
 # Read the rule for calculating APIVERSION and execute it
-apiver_cmd=`sed -ne '/^APIVERSION=/p' configure.in`
+apiver_cmd=`sed -ne 's/\[\[/[/g;s/\]\]/]/g;/^APIVERSION=/p' configure.in`
 eval $apiver_cmd
 
 # Sanity checks