--- octave-3.0.3/configure.orig	2008-09-24 09:14:06.000000000 +0200
+++ octave-3.0.3/configure	2009-04-01 15:19:58.584726000 +0200
@@ -8569,7 +8569,7 @@
 _ACEOF
 
   if test $WITH_PCRE_CONFIG = yes; then
-    REGEX_LIBS=$(pcre-config --libs)
+    REGEX_LIBS=`pcre-config --libs`
   else
     REGEX_LIBS=-lpcre
   fi