diff -uNr snips-1.2.ORIG/Makefile.mid snips-1.2/Makefile.mid
--- snips-1.2.ORIG/Makefile.mid	2012-06-26 15:53:26.724829432 +0100
+++ snips-1.2/Makefile.mid	2012-06-26 15:55:18.298836689 +0100
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	  CHECK DONE TODO
 
 all:	Init
-	 @echo "BUILDING SNIPS revision $(REV) for $(OS) $$OS" ;\
+	 @+echo "BUILDING SNIPS revision $(REV) for $(OS) $$OS" ;\
 	 for i in $(SRCS); do \
 	  if [ -d $$i ]; then \
 	    (echo "" ; echo "MAKING IN $$i" ; echo "----------" ; \
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 	  echo "Else prefix your shell PATH with BSD style install" ;\
 	  rm -f  SniPpet /tmp/SniPpet ; exit 1 ; fi)
 
-	@echo make $(MFLAGS) install ;
-	@-for i in $(SRCS); do \
+	@+echo make $(MFLAGS) install ;
+	@+-for i in $(SRCS); do \
 	  ( echo "" ; echo "MAKING IN $$i" ; echo "----------" ; cd $$i ; \
 		make $(MFLAGS) install ; make $(MFLAGS) init ) ;\
 	done