--- tools/splitconfig.orig	2009-07-04 00:38:30.000000000 -0500
+++ tools/splitconfig	2012-03-18 01:06:12.000000000 -0500
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 	esac
 }
 
-echo -n "Checking for usable grep -F or equivalent... "
+printf "Checking for usable grep -F or equivalent... "
 SAMPLEPAT="foo
 bar
 splat"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 for publication in $PUBLICATIONS ; do
 	for factor in $FACTORS ; do
 		CFGFILE="include/pqxx/config-${publication}-${factor}.h"
-		echo -n "Generating $CFGFILE: "
+		printf "Generating $CFGFILE: "
 		ITEMS="`grep -w "${publication}" "$CFDB" | grep -w "${factor}" | cut -f 1 | grep -v '^$'`"
 		if test -z "$ITEMS" ; then
 			echo "no items--skipping"