diff -Nru a/splash-functions.sh b/splash-functions.sh
--- a/splash-functions.sh	2005-03-18 10:02:59.986083592 +0100
+++ b/splash-functions.sh	2005-03-18 10:04:45.896982688 +0100
@ -195,8 +195,7 @@
 	#  - one of the runlevel dirs has been modified since the last boot
 	if [[ ! -e ${spl_cachedir}/levels || \
 		  ! -e ${spl_cachedir}/svcs_start || \
-		 "$(head -n1 ${spl_cachedir}/levels)" != "${BOOTLEVEL}/${DEFAULTLEVEL}" || \
-		 "$(tail -n1 ${spl_cachedir}/levels)" != "$(stat -c '%y' /etc/runlevels/${BOOTLEVEL})/$(stat -c '%y' /etc/runlevels/${DEFAULTLEVEL})" || \
+                 "$(cat ${spl_cachedir}/levels)" != "${BOOTLEVEL}/${DEFAULTLEVEL}\n$(stat -c '%y' /etc/runlevels/${BOOTLEVEL})/$(stat -c '%y' /etc/runlevels/${DEFAULTLEVEL})" || \
 		 "$(stat -c '%y' ${spl_cachedir}/deptree)" != "${h}" ]]; then
 		echo $(splash_svclist_update "start") > ${spl_cachedir}/svcs_start
 	fi