diff -Nru xvidcore-1.1.3.orig/build/generic/configure xvidcore-1.1.3/build/generic/configure
--- xvidcore-1.1.3.orig/build/generic/configure	2007-06-28 17:27:27.000000000 +0200
+++ xvidcore-1.1.3/build/generic/configure	2008-05-22 12:50:32.000000000 +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