diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/GdbLaunchDelegate.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/GdbLaunchDelegate.java
index dec11459547..461c32026e7 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/GdbLaunchDelegate.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/GdbLaunchDelegate.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class GdbLaunchDelegate extends LaunchConfigurationDelegate
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the GDB version on the local host. 
+	 * Returns the GDB version. 
 	 * Subclass can override for special need.
      *
 	 * @since 2.0
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/LaunchUtils.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/LaunchUtils.java
index 6d5bbcb3e68..e10fef993f4 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/LaunchUtils.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/LaunchUtils.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class LaunchUtils {
 		// GNU gdb 6.8.50.20080730
 		// GNU gdb (GDB) 6.8.50.20080730-cvs
 		// GNU gdb (Ericsson GDB 1.0-10) 6.8.50.20080730-cvs
-		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(" gdb( \\(.*\\))? (\\d*(\\.\\d*)*)",  Pattern.MULTILINE); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(" gdb( \\(.*?\\))? (\\d*(\\.\\d*)*)",  Pattern.MULTILINE); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(versionOutput);
 		if (matcher.find()) {