--- a/make-compile.sh
+++ b/make-compile.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-echo exec "$CC" "`head -1 conf-includes`" -c '${1+"$@"}'
+echo exec "$CC" "`head -n 1 conf-includes`" -c '${1+"$@"}'
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 auto-ccld.sh: \
 conf-cc conf-ld warn-auto.sh
 	( cat warn-auto.sh; \
-	echo CC=\'`head -1 conf-cc`\'; \
-	echo LD=\'`head -1 conf-ld`\'; \
+	echo CC=\'`head -n 1 conf-cc`\'; \
+	echo LD=\'`head -n 1 conf-ld`\'; \
 	) > auto-ccld.sh
 
 auto-str: \
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 auto_home.c: \
 auto-str conf-root
-	./auto-str auto_home `head -1 conf-root` > auto_home.c
+	./auto-str auto_home `head -n 1 conf-root` > auto_home.c
 
 auto_home.o: \
 compile auto_home.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 maildir: \
 warn-auto.sh maildir.sh conf-root
 	cat warn-auto.sh maildir.sh \
-	| sed s}HOME}"`head -1 conf-root`"}g \
+	| sed s}HOME}"`head -n 1 conf-root`"}g \
 	> maildir
 	chmod 755 maildir
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 version.h: \
 conf-version
 	@echo 'static const char *const version_string="$$Version:' \
-	`head -1 conf-version` 'built' `date +"%b %d, %Y"` at \
+	`head -n 1 conf-version` 'built' `date +"%b %d, %Y"` at \
 	`date +"%H:%M"`'$$";' > version.h
 
 writefile.o: \