diff -p -up octave-3.2.3/liboctave/mach-info.cc.orig octave-3.2.3/liboctave/mach-info.cc
--- octave-3.2.3/liboctave/mach-info.cc.orig	2009-10-21 18:42:46.589280984 -0200
+++ octave-3.2.3/liboctave/mach-info.cc	2009-10-21 18:44:58.462442888 -0200
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ oct_mach_info::init_float_format (void) 
   int i = 0;
   do
     {
-      if (equiv_compare (fp[i].fp_par, mach_fp_par, 4))
+      if (equiv_compare (fp[i].fp_par, mach_fp_par, 2))
 	{
 	  native_float_fmt = fp[i].fp_fmt;
 	  break;