diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a443484cf407505cc87f9184797300f1dc83a280..a738bada69e1a9e5770b572cf2bef87be2f1a2fd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ ac_config_sub=$ac_aux_dir/config.sub
 ac_configure=$ac_aux_dir/configure # This should be Cygnus configure.
 
 
-VERSION='7.2devel'
+VERSION='7.2b1'
 
 cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
 #define PG_VERSION "$VERSION"
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ else
   if { (eval echo configure:1482: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then
     for file in conftest.*; do
       case $file in
-      *.c | *.o | *.obj) ;;
+      *.c | *.C | *.o | *.obj) ;;
       *) ac_cv_exeext=`echo $file | sed -e s/conftest//` ;;
       esac
     done
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c572a5fc284f51f08b887c803bb724947d3d8e5d..3f564e63e5e03a1251e16adf426f23d14f8c5452 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/include/pg_config.h)
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 
-VERSION='7.2devel'
+VERSION='7.2b1'
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PG_VERSION, "$VERSION")