diff --git a/mkfile b/mkfile
index d73c60e..b465d49 100644
--- a/mkfile
+++ b/mkfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ clean:V:
 `{ mkdir -p src }
 `{ mkdir -p .state }
 `{ echo '# auto-generated file, do not edit' > pkgs.mk }
-`{ cd pkgs && for pkg in *; do cat $pkg | sed -e "s,^build:,$pkg:QP./stuff/cmp-pkgs: pkgs/$pkg," >> ../pkgs.mk && echo '\tcd $top && cp pkgs/$target .state/$target\n' >> ../pkgs.mk; done }
+`{ cd pkgs && for pkg in *; do cat $pkg | sed -e "s,^build:,$pkg:QP./stuff/cmp-pkgs: pkgs/$pkg," >> ../pkgs.mk && echo -e '\tcd $top && cp pkgs/$target .state/$target\n' >> ../pkgs.mk; done }
 
 <pkgs.mk
 
diff --git a/stuff/cmp-pkgs b/stuff/cmp-pkgs
index ec866ba..5f7d537 100755
--- a/stuff/cmp-pkgs
+++ b/stuff/cmp-pkgs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-val=`cmp -s .state/$1 pkgs/$1`
-return $val
+cmp -s .state/$1 pkgs/$1