# DG/UX comes to mind. Maybe we should remove these special cases?
my $v = sprintf "%vd", $^V;
like( runperl( switches => ['-v'] ),
- qr/This is perl, v$v(?:[-\w]+| \([^)]+\))? built for \Q$Config{archname}\E.+Copyright.+Larry Wall.+Artistic License.+GNU General Public License/s,
+ qr/This is perl, v\Q$v\E(?:[-*\w]+| \([^)]+\))? built for \Q$Config{archname}\E.+Copyright.+Larry Wall.+Artistic License.+GNU General Public License/s,
'-v looks okay' );
}