Index: script/confhc
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RCS file: /home/cvs/root/nhc98/script/confhc,v
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -r1.41 confhc
--- script/confhc	12 Nov 2004 17:53:45 -0000	1.41
+++ script/confhc	2 Dec 2004 10:35:06 -0000
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@
 # Now look for GHC.  Determining the version number here is due to Simon Marlow.
 ghcsym () {
   echo __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >ghcsym.hs;
-  $1 -E -cpp -optP-P ghcsym.hs -o $2;
-  rm -f ghcsym.hs;
+  $1 -E -cpp -optP-P ghcsym.hs -o ghcsym.out;
+  grep -e '^[0-9]*$' ghcsym.out > $2;
+  rm -f ghcsym.hs ghcsym.out;
 }
 echo -n "  Looking for ghc...   "
 if which ghc >/dev/null 2>&1