--- installp.py	Sat Mar 20 02:34:29 1999
+++ installp.py.orig	Sat Mar 20 02:33:44 1999
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         print "Usage: %s [-f] pymodule [npymodule...]" % sys.argv[0]
         sys.exit(1)
     for opt in opts:
-        if opt == '-f': FORCE = 1
+        if opt[0] == '-f': FORCE = 1
 
     v = sys.version[:3]