diff -uNr linux-2.5.69.orig/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile linux-2.5.69/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile
--- linux-2.5.69.orig/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile	2003-04-26 02:48:57.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.5.69/arch/ppc64/boot/Makefile	2003-05-10 15:04:09.379307608 +1000
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 	ls -l vmlinux | \
 	awk '{printf "/* generated -- do not edit! */\n" \
 		"unsigned long vmlinux_filesize = %d;\n", $$5}' > $(obj)/imagesize.c
-	$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm -n vmlinux | tail -1 | \
+	$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm -n vmlinux | tail -n 1 | \
 	awk '{printf "unsigned long vmlinux_memsize = 0x%s;\n", substr($$1,8)}' \
 		>> $(obj)/imagesize.c
 
diff -uNr linux-2.5.69.orig/scripts/mkcompile_h linux-2.5.69/scripts/mkcompile_h
--- linux-2.5.69.orig/scripts/mkcompile_h	2003-03-25 09:01:53.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.5.69/scripts/mkcompile_h	2003-05-10 15:04:09.462294992 +1000
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN
   fi
 
-  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -1`\"
+  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
 ) > .tmpcompile
 
 # Only replace the real compile.h if the new one is different,
diff -uNr linux-2.5.69.orig/scripts/ver_linux linux-2.5.69/scripts/ver_linux
--- linux-2.5.69.orig/scripts/ver_linux	2003-03-25 09:00:51.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.5.69/scripts/ver_linux	2003-05-10 15:04:09.440298336 +1000
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 -e 's/\.so$//' | awk -F'[.-]'   '{print "Linux C Library        " \
 $(NF-2)"."$(NF-1)"."$NF}'
 
-ldd -v > /dev/null 2>&1 && ldd -v || ldd --version |head -1 | awk \
+ldd -v > /dev/null 2>&1 && ldd -v || ldd --version |head -n 1 | awk \
 'NR==1{print "Dynamic linker (ldd)  ", $NF}'
 
 ls -l /usr/lib/lib{g,stdc}++.so  2>/dev/null | awk -F. \