diff -Nru blender-2.46.orig/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure blender-2.46/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure
--- blender-2.46.orig/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure	2008-05-19 16:38:45.000000000 +0200
+++ blender-2.46/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure	2008-05-22 13:18:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -4016,9 +4016,9 @@
        if test "$ac_nasm" = "yes" ; then
                                             echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for nasm patch version" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for nasm patch version... $ECHO_C" >&6
-           nasm_patch=`$nasm_prog -r | cut -d '.' -f 3 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+           nasm_patch=`($nasm_prog -r || $nasm_prog -v) | cut -d '.' -f 3 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
            if test -z $nasm_patch ; then
-              nasm_patch=-1
+              nasm_patch=45
            fi
            echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $nasm_patch" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$nasm_patch" >&6
diff -Nru blender-2.46.orig/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure.in blender-2.46/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure.in
--- blender-2.46.orig/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure.in	2008-05-19 16:38:45.000000000 +0200
+++ blender-2.46/extern/xvidcore/build/generic/configure.in	2008-05-22 13:18:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@
            dnl Checking nasm patch version
            dnl
            AC_MSG_CHECKING([for nasm patch version])
-           nasm_patch=`$nasm_prog -r | cut -d '.' -f 3 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
+           nasm_patch=`($nasm_prog -r || $nasm_prog -v) | cut -d '.' -f 3 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
            if test -z $nasm_patch ; then
-              nasm_patch=-1
+              nasm_patch=45
            fi
            AC_MSG_RESULT([$nasm_patch])