1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index cbb6da89..166ca56e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set -v
 # Ensure that whenever we pull in a gnulib update or otherwise change to a
 # different version (i.e., when switching branches), we also rerun ./bootstrap.
 curr_status=.git-module-status
-t=$(git submodule status|sed 's/.//;s/ .*//')
+t=$(git submodule status|sed 's/^[ -]//;s/ .*//')
 if test "$t" = "$(cat $curr_status 2>/dev/null)"; then
     : # good, it's up to date
 else