diff -r 85c6f5e82108 -r c3b9c574fa3e scripts/release
--- a/scripts/release	Tue Jul 11 13:51:52 2006 +0000
+++ b/scripts/release	Tue Jul 11 13:54:02 2006 +0000
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 echo '**********************************************************************'
 echo
 
-rpl ${VERSION_STRING} $VERSION configure.ac
-
+sed "s/${VERSION_STRING}/${VERSION}/" <configure.ac >configure.ac.tmp
+mv configure.ac.tmp configure.ac
 
 echo
 echo '**********************************************************************'