diff -Nru gimp-2.6.6.orig/app/sanity.c gimp-2.6.6/app/sanity.c
--- gimp-2.6.6.orig/app/sanity.c	2009-08-06 02:39:26.000000000 +0200
+++ gimp-2.6.6/app/sanity.c	2009-08-06 02:42:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
   gint gegl_major_version;
   gint gegl_minor_version;
   gint gegl_micro_version;
+  gint bversion;
 
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR 0
@@ -305,9 +306,9 @@
                     &gegl_minor_version,
                     &gegl_micro_version);
 
-  if (gegl_major_version < GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR ||
-      gegl_minor_version < GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR ||
-      gegl_micro_version < GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO)
+  bversion = gegl_micro_version + gegl_minor_version*100 + gegl_major_version*10000;
+
+  if (bversion < (GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO + GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR*100 + GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR*10000))
     {
       return g_strdup_printf
         ("GEGL version too old!\n\n"