diff --git a/sc2/build/unix/ansi b/sc2/build/unix/ansi
index a4bbf9757..ac5b97ffe 100644
--- a/sc2/build/unix/ansi
+++ b/sc2/build/unix/ansi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ESC=`printf "\x1b"`
+ESC=`printf '\033'`
 ANSI_BOLD="${ESC}[1m"
 ANSI_NORMAL="${ESC}[0m"
 
diff --git a/sc2/build/unix/config_functions b/sc2/build/unix/config_functions
index 884c3ecfa..81aa25169 100644
--- a/sc2/build/unix/config_functions
+++ b/sc2/build/unix/config_functions
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-BUILDLOG=/dev/null
+#BUILDLOG=/dev/null
+BUILDLOG=/tmp/build.log
 TEMPFILE="/tmp/build.$$.tmp"
 
 # Description: prints a command to stdout and then executes it
diff --git a/sc2/build/unix/menu_functions b/sc2/build/unix/menu_functions
index 236c6b0c4..c60393385 100644
--- a/sc2/build/unix/menu_functions
+++ b/sc2/build/unix/menu_functions
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ EOF
 		fi
 
 		# Check if what the user entered was a number
-		egrep -q "^[0-9]+$" << EOF
+		egrep '^[0-9]+$' << EOF > /dev/null
 $CHOICE
 EOF
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ EOF
 				SELECTED="   "
 			fi
 			if menu_have_choice "$MENU" "$OPTION"; then
-				printf "  %*i. %s %s\n" "${#NUM_OPTIONS}" "$I" \
-						"$SELECTED" "$TEMP_TITLE"
+				printf "  %${#NUM_OPTIONS}i. %s %s\n" "$I" "$SELECTED" \
+						"$TEMP_TITLE"
 			else
-				printf "  %-*s  %s (N/A) %s\n" "${#NUM_OPTIONS}" "-" \
+				printf "  %-${#NUM_OPTIONS}s  %s (N/A) %s\n" "-" \
 						"$SELECTED" "$TEMP_TITLE"
 			fi
 		done
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ EOF
 		fi
 
 		# Check if what the user entered was a number
-		egrep -q "^[0-9]+$" << EOF
+		egrep '^[0-9]+$' << EOF > /dev/null
 $CHOICE
 EOF
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then