--- configure.in.pulse	2010-02-08 06:15:23.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.in	2010-02-08 06:16:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 if test x$CHECK_FLAT = "xyes"; then
     if test -x `which pulseaudio`; then
             AC_MSG_NOTICE([Checking for flat audio support])
-            PAVER=`pulseaudio --version | sed -e 's/pulseaudio 0.9.//'`
+            PAVER=`pulseaudio --version | awk -F- '{print \$1}' | sed -e 's/pulseaudio 0.9.//'`
             if test $PAVER -gt 14; then
                 FLATVOL=TRUE
             fi