diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c75b3b9..69b4dd5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -486,10 +486,10 @@ procdep()
         eval "libs$depname=\"$deplibs\""
         eval "libsA$depname=\"$deplibsA\""
 
-        function mkvpath()
+        mkvpath()
         {
             local link=$1
-            local vpath=$2
+            local vpath="$2"
             shift 2
             local ext1=so
             local ext2=a
@@ -500,10 +500,10 @@ procdep()
             fi
             for lib in $@; do
                 if test $(($link & 5)) -ge 1; then
-                    echo vpath lib${lib:2:${#lib}}.$ext1 $vpath
+                    echo vpath lib$(expr substr "$lib" 3 ${#lib}).$ext1 $vpath
                 fi
                 if test $(($link & 6)) -ge 2; then
-                    echo vpath lib${lib:2:${#lib}}.$ext2 $vpath
+                    echo vpath lib$(expr substr "$lib" 3 ${#lib}).$ext2 $vpath
                 fi
                 link=$(($link | 4))
             done
diff --git a/mkreadme b/mkreadme
index 63d686e..c6c8cb6 100755
--- a/mkreadme
+++ b/mkreadme
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 . "$(dirname $0)"/libcomain
 
 isprj=0
-if test "$1" == "--project"; then isprj=1; fi
+if test "$1" = "--project"; then isprj=1; fi
 
 loadoptions
 loaddeps