Note that even -n isn't portable (as it isn't allowed by POSIX).
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Make's “echo” behaviour changes after upgrade to Edgy
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Make runs scripts using /bin/sh (or the shell you specify by setting
SHELL=xxx in your makefile). On Ubuntu, /bin/sh is dash.
Dash is (intended to be) as trim and fast as possible, while still 100%
POSIX-compatible. The "echo" command is defined by POSIX, and that
definition doesn't specify a -e
Ah. If you mean that Make will be running the scripts in this dash shell,
that's the problem. It appears that dash has a built-in echo which doesn't
support the flags. (It's echo that should be doing the expansion, not the
shell, when provided the “-e” flag. You can demonstrate this with a Perl
Apologies, I should have checked the man page. The -e option is not a
valid option under dash. According to the manpage, -n is the only valid
option. I will mark this bug rejected. If you are still experiencing
strange behavior after correcting your makefile/scripts or you feel my
actions to be in
Hello and thank you for reporting. Edgy uses dash for non-interactive
scripts now. If you need character interpolation, you should use GNU
echo. Backslashed character interpolation is most likely a bash
extension. I'll not mark this rejected, perhaps this is a valid wishlist
item. I leave that deci
