--- a/pm/pm-functions.in
+++ b/pm/pm-functions.in
@@ -89,2 +89,12 @@
 # We do it this way because 'echo -n' is not posix.
+echo()
+{
+	local fmt; fmt='%s'
+	if [ "$1" = "-n" ]; then
+		shift
+	else
+		fmt="$fmt\n"
+	fi
+	printf "$fmt" "$*"
+}
 log()
@@ -92,5 +102,3 @@
 	is_set "$LOGGING" || return 0;
-	local fmt='%s\n'
-	[ "$1" = "-n" ] && { fmt='%s'; shift; }
-	printf "$fmt" "$*"
+	echo  $*
 }