@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ function pip_install {

     # packages like setuptools?

     local pip_version

     pip_version=$(python -c "import pip; \

-                        print(pip.__version__.strip('.')[0])")

+                        print(pip.__version__.split('.')[0])")

     if (( pip_version<6 )); then

         die $LINENO "Currently installed pip version ${pip_version} does not" \

             "meet minimum requirements (>=6)."