diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 54698ba7d91..c9cd68e5a86 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-10-29  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>
 
+	* configure.in: Do not assume that gas's version number is the
+	last thing on the first line of as --version output.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+	
 	* tradcpp.c: Include intl.h.  Rename WARNING, ERROR, FATAL to
 	MT_WARNING, MT_ERROR, MT_FATAL.
 	(main): Call gcc_init_libintl.
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index 094f2d0f3e6..9ddc44ff67f 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -7207,7 +7207,7 @@ EOF
 		# arbitrary sections are supported and try the test.
 		as_ver=`$gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | head -1`
 		if echo "$as_ver" | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
-			as_ver=`echo $as_ver | sed -e 's/.* //'`
+			as_ver=`echo $as_ver | sed -e 's/.* \([0-9.][0-9.]*\) .*/\1/'`
 			as_major=`echo $as_ver | sed 's/\..*//'`
 			as_minor=`echo $as_ver | sed 's/[^.]*\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
 			if test $as_major -eq 2 -a $as_minor -lt 11; then
diff --git a/gcc/configure.in b/gcc/configure.in
index 89cc802e53f..2e32cf1ed9e 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.in
+++ b/gcc/configure.in
@@ -1382,9 +1382,9 @@ EOF
 		# arbitrary sections are supported and try the test.
 		as_ver=`$gcc_cv_as --version 2>/dev/null | head -1`
 		if echo "$as_ver" | grep GNU > /dev/null; then
-			as_ver=`echo $as_ver | sed -e 's/.* //'`
-			as_major=`echo $as_ver | sed 's/\..*//'`
 changequote(,)dnl
+			as_ver=`echo $as_ver | sed -e 's/.* \([0-9.][0-9.]*\) .*/\1/'`
+			as_major=`echo $as_ver | sed 's/\..*//'`
 			as_minor=`echo $as_ver | sed 's/[^.]*\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
 changequote([,])dnl
 			if test $as_major -eq 2 -a $as_minor -lt 11; then