print version number nicely

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 09d1c16..b2ad602 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ do
                        verbose=${arg}
                        ;;
                -version | -V | --version | --V)
-                       echo "This is Cygnus Configure version" ${version}
+                       echo "This is Cygnus Configure version" `echo ${version} | sed 's/[ $:]//g'`
                        exit 0
                        ;;
                -x | --x) ;;