Makefile: Don't use `echo`'s `-e` option for portability.

Many systems (including Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives like Linux Mint) use
Dash as a noninteractive version of `/bin/sh`, invoked by `make`.

Dash's `echo` command doesn't understand the `-e` option and this generates
spurious output when running `make`.  See [a bugreport][0] for one of the
many instances of this bug/feature in action.

[0]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/72167

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07cc1eff71b34afeb8455e817be4648d27e258bf..b1a41079a705f91fadddde8272266b3bc8e7f7c5 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ update-readme:
                header=$$(sed -e '/.*## OPTIONS/,$$ d' README.md) && \
                footer=$$(sed -e '1,/.*## FAQ/ d' README.md) && \
                echo "$${header}" > README.md && \
-               echo -e '\n## OPTIONS' >> README.md && \
+               echo >> README.md && \
+               echo '## OPTIONS' >> README.md && \
                echo "$${options}" >> README.md&& \
-               echo -e '\n## FAQ' >> README.md && \
+               echo >> README.md && \
+               echo '## FAQ' >> README.md && \
                echo "$${footer}" >> README.md
 
 compile: