diff -Nur old/configure new/configure
--- old/configure	2006-02-03 09:24:40.000000000 +0000
+++ new/configure	2006-10-14 22:29:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -11265,15 +11265,13 @@
       esac
     done ;;
     gettext-fix )
-  sed -e '/^mkinstalldirs *=/a\' \
-      -e "install_sh=$install_sh" \
-      -e 's/^mkinstalldirs *=.*/mkinstalldirs=$(MKINSTALLDIRS)/' \
-      intl/Makefile > intl/Makefile.tmp
+  rm -f ts-sed-script
+  echo '/^mkinstalldirs *=/a\' >ts-sed-script
+  echo "install_sh=$install_sh" >>ts-sed-script
+  echo 's/^mkinstalldirs *=.*/mkinstalldirs=$(MKINSTALLDIRS)/' >>ts-sed-script
+  sed -f ts-sed-script intl/Makefile > intl/Makefile.tmp
   mv intl/Makefile.tmp intl/Makefile
-  sed -e '/^mkinstalldirs *=/a\' \
-      -e "install_sh=$install_sh" \
-      -e 's/^mkinstalldirs *=.*/mkinstalldirs=$(MKINSTALLDIRS)/' \
-      po/Makefile > po/Makefile.tmp
+  sed -f ts-sed-script po/Makefile > po/Makefile.tmp
   mv po/Makefile.tmp po/Makefile ;;
   esac
 done