1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gtk.m4 b/gtk.m4
index 463c436777..44594bdd76 100644
--- a/gtk.m4
+++ b/gtk.m4
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ int
 main ()
 {
   int major, minor, micro;
+  char *tmp_version;
 
   system ("touch conf.gtktest");
 
-  if (sscanf("$min_gtk_version", "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
+  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
+  tmp_version = g_strdup("$min_gtk_version");
+  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
      printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_gtk_version");
      exit(1);
    }