The initial message that informs the user about the possibility to use
make V=1 contains a \n at the end, but echo wouldn't interpret that
properly without the -e command line option.
---
 Makefile |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae8bff1..3553ff4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ include Makefile.config
 # user how to enable verbose compiles.
 ifeq ($(V),)
 quiet_DOC := "Use \"$(MAKE) V=1\" to see the verbose compile lines.\n"
-quiet = @echo $(quiet_DOC)$(eval quiet_DOC:=)"  $1     $@"; $($1)
+quiet = @echo -e $(quiet_DOC)$(eval quiet_DOC:=)"  $1  $@"; $($1)
 endif
 # The user has explicitly enabled quiet compilation.
 ifeq ($(V),0)
-- 
1.6.3.3

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