--- a/tests/test-lfconvert.t	Mon Oct 24 13:41:19 2011 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-lfconvert.t	Wed Oct 26 12:56:27 2011 -0500
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
   abort: repository nosuchrepo not found!
   [255]
   $ hg share -q -U bigfile-repo shared
-  $ echo -n bogus > shared/.hg/sharedpath
+  $ printf 'bogus' > shared/.hg/sharedpath
   $ hg lfconvert shared foo
   abort: .hg/sharedpath points to nonexistent directory $TESTTMP/bogus!
   [255]