diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 773589de16..ed2a367022 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-04-08  Peter Schauer  <pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
+
+	* configure.in (NEW_PROC_API):  Escape square brackets when testing
+	for solaris2.[678].
+	* configure:  Regenerate.
+
 2000-04-07  Scott Bambrough <scottb@netwinder.org>
 
 	* ChangeLog: Correct date on last entry.
diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
index 8ca97a83e9..f1d4e743db 100755
--- a/gdb/configure
+++ b/gdb/configure
@@ -4259,7 +4259,7 @@ EOF
 EOF
 
       ;;
-  *-*-solaris2.678)
+  *-*-solaris2.[678])
       cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
 #define NEW_PROC_API 1
 EOF
diff --git a/gdb/configure.in b/gdb/configure.in
index 025d8e3320..4d475140cd 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.in
+++ b/gdb/configure.in
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if test "${target}" = "${host}"; then
   *-*-unixware* | *-*-sysv4.2* | *-*-sysv5*)
       AC_DEFINE(NEW_PROC_API)
       ;;
-  *-*-solaris2.[678])
+  *-*-solaris2.[[678]])
       AC_DEFINE(NEW_PROC_API)
       ;;
   esac