Index: exim-4.92.2/scripts/exim_install
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--- exim-4.92.2.orig/scripts/exim_install
+++ exim-4.92.2/scripts/exim_install
@@ -217,9 +217,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   # The exim binary is handled specially
 
   if [ $name = exim${EXE} ]; then
-    exim="./exim -bV -C /dev/null"
-    version=exim-`$exim 2>/dev/null | \
-      awk '/Exim version/ { OFS=""; print $3,"-",substr($4,2,length($4)-1) }'`${EXE}
+	version=exim-`grep ^EXIM_RELEASE_VERSION version.sh | cut -f2 -d\"`
 
     if [ "${version}" = "exim-${EXE}" ]; then
       echo $com ""