--- inn-1.7.2.orig/config/fixinterps.pl
+++ inn-1.7.2/config/fixinterps.pl
@@ -153,11 +153,15 @@
 
     open (PERL,"$perl -v|") || die "Can't check version of perl ($perl)\n";
     while (<PERL>) {
+    	if (/^this\s+is\s+perl,\s+v(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/i) {
+	    $rval = $1; last;
+	}
 	if (/^this\s+is\s+perl,\s+version\s+(\S+)/i) {
 	    $rval = $1;
 	}
     }
     close (PERL);
+    return $rval;
 
     if ($rval !~ /^\d+\.\d+(_\d+|)$/) {
 	warn "perl version from $perl looks suspicious: $rval\n";
