--- sun-jdk-1.4.2.12-r2.ebuild	2006-11-04 20:05:43.000000000 +0100
+++ /root/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12-r2.ebuild	2006-11-04 20:05:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		fi
 	fi
 	#Search for the ELF Header
-	testExp=$'\177\105\114\106\001\001\001'
+	testExp=`echo -e "\177\105\114\106\001\001\001"`
 	startAt=`grep -aonm 1 ${testExp}  ${DISTDIR}/${At} | cut -d: -f1`
 	tail -n +${startAt} ${DISTDIR}/${At} > install.sfx
 	chmod +x install.sfx