---- gdal-1.2.6/configure.in.orig 2005-01-16 03:01:31.252567000 +0100
-+++ gdal-1.2.6/configure.in 2005-01-16 03:09:32.131462448 +0100
-@@ -1388,7 +1388,8 @@
- if test "$GEOS_CONFIG" != "no" ; then
-
- VERSION=`$GEOS_CONFIG --version`
-- if test "${VERSION:0:1}" -lt 2 ; then
-+ MAJORVER=`echo $VERSION | cut -d . -f 1`
-+ if test $MAJORVER -lt 2 ; then
- AC_MSG_ERROR([geos-config reports version $VERSION, need at least 2.0 or configure --without-geos])
- fi
-
+--- gdal-1.9.0/configure.in.orig 2012-01-04 08:03:42.000000000 +0100
++++ gdal-1.9.0/configure.in 2012-01-19 20:50:08.902476176 +0100
+@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([libnetcdf version with $ncdump])
+ netcdf_version=`$ncdump 2>&1 | grep "netcdf library version" | awk '{gsub(/"/,"");print $4}'`
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([got $netcdf_version])
+- if test "$netcdf_version" != "" -a "${netcdf_version:0:1}" == "4" ; then
++ if test "$netcdf_version" != "" -a "$(echo ${netcdf_version} | sed 's/^\(.\).*/\1/')" == "4" ; then
+ nc_config=$NETCDF_ROOT"/bin/nc-config"
+ fi
+ fi