diff -Nur cmake/Modules.orig/ClhepPackageCompiler.cmake cmake/Modules/ClhepPackageCompiler.cmake
--- cmake/Modules.orig/ClhepPackageCompiler.cmake	2012-08-14 13:07:41.891381108 -0700
+++ cmake/Modules/ClhepPackageCompiler.cmake	2012-08-14 13:08:39.826695769 -0700
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
                           ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} -dumpversion
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _my_COMPILER_VERSION
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
   )
   set( COMPILER_VERSION ${_my_COMPILER_VERSION} PARENT_SCOPE)
   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9])\\.([0-9])(\\.[0-9])?" "\\1\\2"
diff -Nur cmake/Modules.orig/ClhepPackaging.cmake cmake/Modules/ClhepPackaging.cmake
--- cmake/Modules.orig/ClhepPackaging.cmake	2012-08-14 13:07:41.890381099 -0700
+++ cmake/Modules/ClhepPackaging.cmake	2012-08-14 13:08:17.025571936 -0700
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         # We have linux, so incorporate Vendor info into package name
         # - Distributor ID
         ##exec_program(${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} ARGS -s -i OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_VENDOR)
-	execute_process(COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} -s -i OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_VENDOR)
+	execute_process(COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} -s -i OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_VENDOR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         string(REGEX REPLACE " " "-" LSB_VENDOR ${LSB_VENDOR})
         string(TOLOWER ${LSB_VENDOR} LSB_VENDOR)
 	if("${LSB_VENDOR}" MATCHES "scientificslf")
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
         # - Distributor release
         ##exec_program(${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} ARGS -s -r OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_RELEASE)
-	execute_process(COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} -s -r OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_RELEASE)
+	execute_process(COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_PROGRAM} -s -r OUTPUT_VARIABLE LSB_RELEASE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         string(TOLOWER ${LSB_RELEASE} LSB_RELEASE)
 	string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9])\\.([0-9])?" "\\1" LSB_RELEASE ${LSB_RELEASE})