--- configure.in	2005-08-24 17:55:08.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.in	2005-11-10 17:32:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT([        found libcurl version $CURL_VER])
   
   dnl Need libcurl 7.10.1 or more recent
-  if test -z "$CURL_VERNUM" -o `expr "0x$CURL_VERNUM" \< "0x070a01"` = 1; then
+  if test $(expr "${CURL_VER}" \>= "7.10.1") = 0; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([libcurl version 7.10.1 or more recent is required.])
   fi