2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bc430026..8ba37b35 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-28  Kaz Kylheku  <kkylheku@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure: Workaround in banner code for coreutils printf %.*s bug.
+
 2009-11-27  Kaz Kylheku  <kkylheku@gmail.com>
 
 	Switching to DESTDIR convention for install.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2f336dbc..50574eaa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ if [ $txr_ver ] ; then
 else
   banner_text=" Configuring txr (unknown version) "
 fi
-banner_box=$(printf "%.*s\n" ${#banner_text} \
+banner_box=$(printf "%.${#banner_text}s\n" \
 		    "-------------------------------------------")
 printf "+%s+\n|%s|\n+%s+\n" $banner_box "$banner_text" $banner_box