diff --git a/util/configure b/util/configure
index b486cfc..5d5fc42 100755
--- a/util/configure
+++ b/util/configure
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sub env ($$);
 sub cd ($);
 sub auto_complete ($);
 sub usage ($);
+sub trim ($);
 
 my (@make_cmds, @make_install_cmds);
 
@@ -272,10 +273,16 @@ sub shell ($@) {
 
     unless ($dry_run) {
         system($cmd) == 0 or
-            die "failed to run command: $cmd\n";
+            die "failed to run command: ", trim($cmd), "\n";
     }
 }
 
+sub trim ($) {
+    my $cmd = shift;
+    $cmd =~ s/\n.*/.../s;
+    $cmd;
+}
+
 sub auto_complete ($) {
     my $name = shift;
     my @dirs = glob "$name-[0-9]*" or
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index 2eda33e..250b717 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.0.9
-minor_ver=9
+minor_ver=11
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version