--- Makefile.global.in.orig	Sat Nov 12 16:05:46 2005
+++ Makefile.global.in	Sat Nov 12 16:05:55 2005
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	for f in ${srcdir}/*.m4 ; do\
          echo >> .m4.dep;\
 	 echo -n $$( echo $$f | sed -e "s/.m4$$/.ghost/" -e "s|${srcdir}/||" ) >> .m4.dep;\
-	 echo -en ":" >> .m4.dep;\
+	 echo -n ":" >> .m4.dep;\
 	 { echo -n "define(include,\$$1\) define(m4,ghost)" ; grep "include(" $$f; }| m4 >> .m4.dep;\
 	done