diff --git a/config/general.m4 b/config/general.m4
index efa90a6f86877f309783abfb215c789bca7b2fbd..84495e2ee848d7849326914a910b63a09d64c0bc 100644
--- a/config/general.m4
+++ b/config/general.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/general.m4,v 1.8 2006/11/30 21:44:12 tgl Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/general.m4,v 1.9 2006/11/30 22:21:23 tgl Exp $
 
 # This file defines new macros to process configure command line
 # arguments, to replace the brain-dead AC_ARG_WITH and AC_ARG_ENABLE.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([PGAC_ARG_CHECK],
       continue 2
     fi
   done
-  pgac_txt=`echo $pgac_var | tr 'a_b' 'a-b'`
+  pgac_txt=`echo $pgac_var | sed 's/_/-/g'`
   AC_MSG_WARN([option ignored: --$pgac_txt])
 done])# PGAC_ARG_CHECK
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 41df0f7b3cc8e22b9a0b69b1b2a561aeaeca25c8..777695c55494583e2a99ba93267b27d33b10cc19 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24413,7 +24413,7 @@ for pgac_var in `set | sed 's/=.*//' | $EGREP 'with_|enable_'`; do
       continue 2
     fi
   done
-  pgac_txt=`echo $pgac_var | tr 'a_b' 'a-b'`
+  pgac_txt=`echo $pgac_var | sed 's/_/-/g'`
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: option ignored: --$pgac_txt" >&5
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: option ignored: --$pgac_txt" >&2;}
 done