diff -r ab2af491785a wscript
--- a/wscript	Fri Dec 30 15:39:36 2011 -0800
+++ b/wscript	Mon Jan 02 13:14:01 2012 +0100
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 # note: here we disable the VNUM for OSX since it causes problems (bug #1251)
 wutils.VNUM = None
 if sys.platform != 'darwin' and re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?$", VERSION) is not None:
-    wutils.VNUM = VERSION
+    wutils.VNUM = VERSION[2:]
 
 # these variables are mandatory ('/' are converted automatically)
 top = '.'