diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index acc844c..b86b391 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -8102,7 +8102,7 @@
 	librubyarg=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG['LIBRUBYARG'])"`
 	librubya=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG['LIBRUBY_A'])"`
 	rubylibdir=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG['libdir'])"`
-	if test -f "$rubylibdir/$librubya" || expr "$librubyarg" : "-lruby"; then
+	if test -f "$rubylibdir/$librubya" || expr "$librubyarg" : "-lruby" >/dev/null; then
 	  RUBY_LIBS="$RUBY_LIBS -L$rubylibdir"
 	elif test "$librubyarg" = "libruby.a"; then
 	  	  librubyarg="-lruby"
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 4b2046d..dfbe512 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@
 	librubyarg=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG[['LIBRUBYARG']])"`
 	librubya=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG[['LIBRUBY_A']])"`
 	rubylibdir=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig.expand($ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG[['libdir']])"`
-	if test -f "$rubylibdir/$librubya" || expr "$librubyarg" : "-lruby"; then
+	if test -f "$rubylibdir/$librubya" || expr "$librubyarg" : "-lruby" >/dev/null; then
 	  RUBY_LIBS="$RUBY_LIBS -L$rubylibdir"
 	elif test "$librubyarg" = "libruby.a"; then
 	  dnl required on Mac OS 10.3 where libruby.a doesn't exist
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 2371c3f..2c3c9f1 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1966,
+/**/
     1965,
 /**/
     1964,