Index: manual/Makefile
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--- manual/Makefile	(revision 13569)
+++ manual/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 	@find * -type f \! -regex '.*\.svn.*' -exec cp {} $(OBJDIR)/{} \;
 	@../tools/svnversion.sh | sed -e 's/\n*$$/%/' > version.tex
 	@perl credits.pl < ../docs/CREDITS  > $(OBJDIR)/CREDITS.tex
-	@echo "\newcommand{\platform}{${MANUALDEV}}" > $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
-	@echo "\newcommand{\buildversion}{$(VERSION)}" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
-	@echo "\input{rockbox.tex}" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
+	@printf "\\\\newcommand{\\\\platform}{${MANUALDEV}}\n" > $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
+	@printf "\\\\newcommand{\\\\buildversion}{$(VERSION)}\n" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
+	@printf "\\\\input{rockbox.tex}\n" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
 	@mv $(OBJDIR)/Makefile.pdflatex $(OBJDIR)/Makefile
 
 manual-pdf: manual-prep rockbox.tex