diff -urN aa/sed-4.1/testsuite/Makefile.tests sed-4.1/testsuite/Makefile.tests
--- aa/sed-4.1/testsuite/Makefile.tests	2004-01-20 23:06:16.000000000 +0100
+++ sed-4.1/testsuite/Makefile.tests	2004-06-16 20:36:54.662311376 +0200
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 version::
 	sed 's^@'VERSION'@^$(VERSION)^' $(srcdir)/version.gin > $@.good 
-	$(SED) --version > $@.out 2>&1
+	LC_ALL=C $(SED) --version > $@.out 2>&1
 	$(CMP) $@.good $@.out 
 	@$(RM) $@.good $@.out