--- configure.orig	2007-08-21 15:44:56 +0100
+++ configure	2007-08-21 15:47:35 +0100
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
 #
 checkPython()
 {
-	if [ -z $PYTHON ]; then
+	if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
 	  PYTHON=`which python 2>/dev/null`
 	fi
 	echo -n "Checking for Python               :  "
 	if [ ! -x "$PYTHON" ]; then
-	  echo -e $GREEN"not found!"$NORMAL
+	  printf $GREEN"not found!"$NORMAL"\n"
 	  echo "Please make sure that the Python interpreter is available in your PATH"
 	  echo "or invoke configure using the PYTHON flag, e.g."
 	  echo "$ PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python configure"
 	  exit 1
 	fi
-	echo -e $GREEN"$PYTHON"$NORMAL
+	printf $GREEN"$PYTHON"$NORMAL"\n"
 }
 
 # Checks for SCons. Honours $SCONS if set. Stores path to 'scons' in $SCONS.
@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@
 checkSCons()
 {
 	echo -n "Checking for SCons                :  "
-	if [ -z $SCONS ]; then
+	if [ -z "$SCONS" ]; then
 	  SCONS=`which scons 2>/dev/null`
 	fi
 	unset SCONS
 	if [ ! -x "$SCONS" ]; then
-	  echo -e $BOLD"Use Bundled scons."$NORMAL
+	  printf $BOLD"Use Bundled scons."$NORMAL"\n"
 	  #echo -e $BOLD"not found, will use mini distribution."$NORMAL
 	  tar xjf bksys/scons-mini.tar.bz2
 	  SCONS="./scons"
 	else
-	  echo -e $GREEN"$SCONS"$NORMAL
+	  printf $GREEN"$SCONS"$NORMAL"\n"
 	fi
 	SCONS="$SCONS -Q"
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 checkPython
 checkSCons
 
-if [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
+if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
    $SCONS --help
    exit
 fi