Always set SVNVERSION to "exported" if it otherwise fails.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d36537f..a59889e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 41852 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 41923 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
 #
@@ -3576,10 +3576,8 @@
 
 
 
-for ac_prog in svnversion
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+# Extract the first word of "svnversion", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy svnversion; ac_word=$2
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_prog_SVNVERSION+set}" = set; then
@@ -3595,7 +3593,7 @@
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
   for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_SVNVERSION="$ac_prog"
+    ac_cv_prog_SVNVERSION="found"
     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -3613,10 +3611,12 @@
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 fi
 
-  test -n "$SVNVERSION" && break
-done
-test -n "$SVNVERSION" || SVNVERSION="echo no svnversion"
-
+if test $SVNVERSION = found
+then
+	SVNVERSION="svnversion \$(srcdir)"
+else
+	SVNVERSION="echo exported"
+fi
 
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