diff -up kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katejscript.cpp.kate_defaults kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katejscript.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katejscript.cpp.kate_defaults	2007-01-15 05:33:48.000000000 -0600
+++ kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katejscript.cpp	2012-12-04 15:52:52.162501234 -0600
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ void KateJScriptManager::collectScripts
 
   // figure out if the kate install is too new
   config.setGroup ("General");
-  if (config.readNumEntry ("Version") > config.readNumEntry ("CachedVersion"))
+  if (config.readNumEntry ("Version", 14) > config.readNumEntry ("CachedVersion", 0))
   {
     config.writeEntry ("CachedVersion", config.readNumEntry ("Version"));
     force = true;
diff -up kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/kateluaindentscript.cpp.kate_defaults kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/kateluaindentscript.cpp
diff -up kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katesyntaxdocument.cpp.kate_defaults kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katesyntaxdocument.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katesyntaxdocument.cpp.kate_defaults	2005-10-10 10:05:26.000000000 -0500
+++ kdelibs-3.5.10/kate/part/katesyntaxdocument.cpp	2012-12-04 15:53:38.394931447 -0600
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void KateSyntaxDocument::setupModeList (
 
   // figure our if the kate install is too new
   config.setGroup ("General");
-  if (config.readNumEntry ("Version") > config.readNumEntry ("CachedVersion"))
+  if (config.readNumEntry ("Version", 14) > config.readNumEntry ("CachedVersion", 0))
   {
     config.writeEntry ("CachedVersion", config.readNumEntry ("Version"));
     force = true;