diff -r 42dda4375d79 wscript
--- a/wscript	Fri Dec 30 15:37:31 2011 +0000
+++ b/wscript	Wed Jan 04 12:15:26 2012 +0000
@@ -70,8 +70,17 @@
 
 # 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+)?$", VERSION) is not None:
-    wutils.VNUM = VERSION
+m = re.match(r"^(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?$", VERSION)
+if m is not None:
+    MAJOR = int(m.group(1))
+    MINOR = int(m.group(2))
+    if m.group(3) is None:
+        MICRO = 0
+    else:
+        MICRO = int(m.group(3))
+if sys.platform != 'darwin' and m is not None:
+    wutils.VNUM = "%02i%02i" % (MINOR, MICRO)
+    print wutils.VNUM
 
 # these variables are mandatory ('/' are converted automatically)
 top = '.'