linux build needs echo -e

[pmcneil]

in tools.mk the echo lines include escape codes like \n. Mainly echo '#!bin/bash\nsome command'
gnu echo needs a -e flag to interpret the escapes, so the build fails with command not found when it tries to run mcconfig et al.

[bfriedkin]

Peter -

Thank you for letting us know about this issue. It seems that "gnu echo" behavior with escape codes can vary by platform.

As a potentially more portable alternative, some developers have suggested using "printf" instead of "echo -e". That seemed to work for us in tools.mk on both macOS and Ubuntu Linux 16.04. Could you please try the same on your development host and let us know if that resolves the issue?

Thanks,
Brian

[pmcneil]

Brian,
will try (I seem to have deleted by install accidentally, so I have to try it again anyway :-) )

[pmcneil]

I can confirm that printf is a good solution

[bfriedkin]

The Linux tools.mk file was updated to replace echo with printf.

Regards,
Brian