diff -ur qemacs-0.3.1.orig/configure qemacs-0.3.1/configure
--- qemacs-0.3.1.orig/configure	2003-12-11 22:24:37.607928696 -0500
+++ qemacs-0.3.1/configure	2003-12-11 22:27:07.656117904 -0500
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 head $source_path/VERSION >>config.mak
 echo "" >>config.mak
 echo -n "#define QE_VERSION \"" >> $TMPH
-head $source_path/VERSION >> $TMPH
+echo -n `head $source_path/VERSION` >> $TMPH
 echo "\"" >> $TMPH
 if test "$network" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define CONFIG_NETWORK 1" >> $TMPH