diff -Nru procps-3.2.8.orig/proc/version.c procps-3.2.8/proc/version.c
--- procps-3.2.8.orig/proc/version.c	2011-09-18 17:05:50.489893190 +0200
+++ procps-3.2.8/proc/version.c	2011-09-18 17:07:03.757693608 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     
     if (uname(&uts) == -1)	/* failure implies impending death */
 	exit(1);
-    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z) < 3)
+    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z) < 2)
 	fprintf(stderr,		/* *very* unlikely to happen by accident */
 		"Non-standard uts for running kernel:\n"
 		"release %s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",