For some reason, configure think it's good to use 'printf %s\n' as $(ECHO). Well, it's not. Problem is, the \n at the end - it does not do what you think. It merely adds 'n' at the end of each printed string. Therefore, use echo which does not need anything special. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- configure.ac | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 9e9fee0..39ec71c 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_LANG([C]) AC_PROG_INSTALL AC_PROG_SED AC_PROG_AWK -AC_CHECK_TOOL([ECHO], [echo]) +AC_PATH_PROG([ECHO], [echo], []) AC_CHECK_TOOL([RM], [rm]) dnl Need to test if pkg-config exists -- 2.3.6 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list