diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 20668eb..22f724e 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@
   test "$GCC" = yes && CFLAGS="-O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall"
 fi
 if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  gccversion=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d;s/^[^0-9]*\(darwin.[^0-9]*\)*\([0-9]\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\2/g'`
+  gccversion=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d' -e 's/darwin.//' -e 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9]\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/g'`
     if test "$gccversion" = "3.0.1" -o "$gccversion" = "3.0.2" -o "$gccversion" = "4.0.1"; then
     echo 'GCC [34].0.[12] has a bug in the optimizer, disabling "-O#"'
     CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | sed 's/-O[23456789]/-O/'`
@@ -15249,7 +15249,7 @@
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for GCC 3 or later... $ECHO_C" >&6
 DEPEND_CFLAGS_FILTER=
 if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  gccmajor=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d;s/^[^0-9]*\(darwin.[^0-9]*\)*\([1-9]\)\.[0-9].*$/\2/g'`
+  gccmajor=`echo "$gccversion" | sed -e 's/^\([1-9]\)\..*$/\1/g'`
   if test "$gccmajor" -gt "2"; then
     DEPEND_CFLAGS_FILTER="| sed 's+-I */+-isystem /+g'"
   fi
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index aae20b9..f7648a8 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   test "$GCC" = yes && CFLAGS="-O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall"
 fi
 if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  gccversion=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d;s/^[[^0-9]]*\(darwin.[[^0-9]]*\)*\([[0-9]]\.[[0-9.]]*\).*$/\2/g'`
+  gccversion=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d' -e 's/darwin.//' -e 's/^[[^0-9]]*\([[0-9]]\.[[0-9.]]*\).*$/\1/g'`
   dnl version 4.0.1 was reported to cause trouble on Macintosh by Marcin Dalecki
   if test "$gccversion" = "3.0.1" -o "$gccversion" = "3.0.2" -o "$gccversion" = "4.0.1"; then
     echo 'GCC [[34]].0.[[12]] has a bug in the optimizer, disabling "-O#"'
@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GCC 3 or later)
 DEPEND_CFLAGS_FILTER=
 if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  gccmajor=`"$CC" --version | sed -e '2,$d;s/^[[^0-9]]*\(darwin.[[^0-9]]*\)*\([[1-9]]\)\.[[0-9]].*$/\2/g'`
+  gccmajor=`echo "$gccversion" | sed -e 's/^\([[1-9]]\)\..*$/\1/g'`
   if test "$gccmajor" -gt "2"; then
     DEPEND_CFLAGS_FILTER="| sed 's+-I */+-isystem /+g'"
   fi
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index cef0851..d8cde67 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 #define VIM_VERSION_NODOT	"vim70b"
 #define VIM_VERSION_SHORT	"7.0b"
 #define VIM_VERSION_MEDIUM	"7.0b BETA"
-#define VIM_VERSION_LONG	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0b BETA (2006 Mar 24)"
-#define VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0b BETA (2006 Mar 24, compiled "
+#define VIM_VERSION_LONG	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0b BETA (2006 Mar 25)"
+#define VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0b BETA (2006 Mar 25, compiled "