diff --git a/ext/oci8/config.m4 b/ext/oci8/config.m4
index 976eb9e846209..34ae76c44b021 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/config.m4
+++ b/ext/oci8/config.m4
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ else
   PHP_OCI8_SED="$SED";
 fi
 
+PHP_OCI8_TAIL1=`echo a | tail -n1 2>/dev/null`
+if test "$PHP_OCI8_TAIL1" = "a"; then
+    PHP_OCI8_TAIL1="tail -n1"
+else
+    PHP_OCI8_TAIL1="tail -1"
+fi
+
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_OCI_IF_DEFINED],[
   old_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
   CPPFLAGS=$3
@@ -49,8 +56,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_OCI8_CHECK_LIB_DIR],[
 AC_DEFUN([AC_OCI8IC_VERSION],[
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client library version compatibility])
   OCI8_LCS_BASE=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME
-  OCI8_LCS=`ls $OCI8_LCS_BASE.*.1 2> /dev/null | tail -n1`  # Oracle 10g, 11g etc
-  OCI8_NNZ=`ls $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libnnz*.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME 2> /dev/null | tail -n1`
+  OCI8_LCS=`ls $OCI8_LCS_BASE.*.1 2> /dev/null | $PHP_OCI8_TAIL1`  # Oracle 10g, 11g etc
+  OCI8_NNZ=`ls $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libnnz*.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME 2> /dev/null | $PHP_OCI8_TAIL1`
   if test -f "$OCI8_NNZ" && test -f "$OCI8_LCS"; then
     if test ! -f "$OCI8_LCS_BASE"; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([Link from $OCI8_LCS_BASE to $OCI8_LCS_BASE.*.1 not found])
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_OCI8IC_VERSION],[
 AC_DEFUN([AC_OCI8_ORACLE_VERSION],[
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle library version compatibility])
   OCI8_LCS_BASE=$OCI8_DIR/$OCI8_LIB_DIR/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME
-  OCI8_LCS=`ls $OCI8_LCS_BASE.*.1 2> /dev/null | tail -n1`  # Oracle 10g, 11g etc
+  OCI8_LCS=`ls $OCI8_LCS_BASE.*.1 2> /dev/null | $PHP_OCI8_TAIL1`  # Oracle 10g, 11g etc
   if test -s "$OCI8_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs"; then
     OCI8_ORACLE_VERSION=`grep '"ocommon"' $OCI8_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs | $PHP_OCI8_SED 's/[ ][ ]*/:/g' | cut -d: -f 6 | cut -c 2-4`
     test -z "$OCI8_ORACLE_VERSION" && OCI8_ORACLE_VERSION=7.3
@@ -278,7 +285,7 @@ if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
       dnl user must pass in the library directory.  But on Linux we default
       dnl to the most recent version in /usr/lib which is where the Oracle
       dnl Instant Client RPM gets installed.
-      PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client${PHP_OCI8_IC_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/lib/libclntsh.* 2> /dev/null | tail -n1 | $PHP_OCI8_SED -e 's#/libclntsh[^/]*##'`
+      PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client${PHP_OCI8_IC_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/lib/libclntsh.* 2> /dev/null | $PHP_OCI8_TAIL1 | $PHP_OCI8_SED -e 's#/libclntsh[^/]*##'`
       if test -z "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT"; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client directory /usr/lib/oracle/.../client${PHP_OCI8_IC_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/lib libraries not found. Try --with-oci8=instantclient,DIR])
       fi
diff --git a/ext/oci8/package.xml b/ext/oci8/package.xml
index 63ece6f536efe..00566b1b60137 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/package.xml
+++ b/ext/oci8/package.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  <time>12:00:00</time>
 
  <version>
-  <release>1.4.8</release>
-  <api>1.4.8</api>
+  <release>1.4.9</release>
+  <api>1.4.9</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
   <release>stable</release>
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  </stability>
  <license uri="http://www.php.net/license">PHP</license>
  <notes>
-   Fixed bug #63307 (Unused variable in oci8.c)
-   Fixed bug #63265 (Add ORA-00028 to the PHP_OCI_HANDLE_ERROR macro)
-   Fixed bug #60901 (Improve "tail" syntax for AIX installation)
+   Re-fixed bug #60901 (Improve "tail" syntax for AIX installation)
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">
@@ -412,6 +410,23 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  </extsrcrelease>
  <changelog>
 
+<release>
+ <version>
+  <release>1.4.8</release>
+  <api>1.4.8</api>
+ </version>
+ <stability>
+  <release>stable</release>
+  <api>stable</api>
+ </stability>
+ <license uri="http://www.php.net/license">PHP</license>
+ <notes>
+   Fixed bug #63307 (Unused variable in oci8.c)
+   Fixed bug #63265 (Add ORA-00028 to the PHP_OCI_HANDLE_ERROR macro)
+   Fixed bug #60901 (Improve "tail" syntax for AIX installation)
+ </notes>
+</release>
+
 <release>
  <version>
   <release>1.4.7</release>
diff --git a/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h b/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
index efe8665f42fcf..4ee8e8e976deb 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
+++ b/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  */
 #undef PHP_OCI8_VERSION
 #endif
-#define PHP_OCI8_VERSION "1.4.8"
+#define PHP_OCI8_VERSION "1.4.9"
 
 extern zend_module_entry oci8_module_entry;
 #define phpext_oci8_ptr &oci8_module_entry