use printf instead echo

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9a028f7..c744f81 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += VERSION
 
 VERSION: dist
        test "$(shell cat $(top_srcdir)/VERSION)" = "$(shell git describe)" || \
-       echo "$(shell git describe)" > $(top_srcdir)/VERSION
+       printf "%s" "$(shell git describe)" > $(top_srcdir)/VERSION
 
 meta.TODO:
        w3m -no-cookie -dump 'http://www.pipapo.org/pipawiki/RegexPolicyDaemon/ToDo?action=print' |\