diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index c82dd8c52d..8d2757f674 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-08-18 22:46 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * config/dos/watcom.mk
+  * config/dos/djgpp.mk
+  * config/win/bcc.mk
+  * config/win/watcom.mk
+  * config/os2/watcom.mk
+  * config/os2/gcc.mk
+    * 'echo' -> '$(ECHO)'
+
+  * config/readme.txt
+    + Added link to DJGPP echo tool.
+    ; TOFIX: This isn't the echo tool which is currently included
+             in SVN, but points to the place where other dj-*.exes
+             came from.
+
+  * ChangeLog
+    ! Fixed date in my today's entries.
+
 2009-08-18 21:34 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/config/global.mk
     * use $(error ...) instead of echo to inform about wrong GNU make
@@ -48,7 +66,7 @@
       It also resolve the problem with IF EXIST <DIR>\NUL which is always
       true in some environment, i.e. Novel-NetWare drives.
 
-2009-08-17 19:05 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 19:05 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/dirsh.mk
     + Added '@' prefixes for nt and os2 shells.
 
@@ -60,11 +78,11 @@
     ! use := instead of = for DIR_RULE assignment - these rules contain
       dependencies macros which cannot be resolved during assignment
 
-2009-08-17 17:50 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 17:50 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/dir.mk
     ! Fixed DIR_RULE assignment (:= back to =)
 
-2009-08-17 17:38 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 17:38 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/global.mk
     * Upped minimum GNU Make version requirement to 3.78 (from 3.70).
       We use many 3.78-only features since very long and in many
@@ -90,7 +108,7 @@
   * ChangeLog
     * Updated cross-build compatibility chart.
 
-2009-08-17 13:29 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 13:29 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/global.mk
     + Added autodetection of cegcc tools on default install location.
     + Added error messages if specified or autodetected mingw/cegcc
@@ -145,7 +163,7 @@
     ! fixed HB_CCPATH setting to be compatible with .mk files and hb* scripts
     ! fixed links to harbour share libraries
 
-2009-08-17 10:38 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 10:38 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/wce/poccarm.mk
   * config/wce/msvcarm.mk
   * config/win/xcc.mk
@@ -161,7 +179,7 @@
       dynamic compilation pass. F.e. for *nix/gcc compilers it can
       be set to -fPIC.
 
-2009-08-17 10:15 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+2009-08-18 10:15 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * config/global.mk
     + Implemented win/mingw cross-tool autodetection.
       Based on the logic found in make_gnu_xmingwce.sh. It's not
diff --git a/harbour/config/dos/djgpp.mk b/harbour/config/dos/djgpp.mk
index ac857d2607..2c59aa41a7 100644
--- a/harbour/config/dos/djgpp.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/dos/djgpp.mk
@@ -54,28 +54,28 @@ LDLIBS += -lm
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 #       It causes that every command will be separated by LF
 define lib_object
-   @echo ADDMOD $(file) >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) ADDMOD $(file) >> __lib__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 # We have to use script to overcome the DOS limit of max 128 characters
 # in commmand line
 define create_library
-   @echo CREATE $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) CREATE $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(lib_object))
-   @echo SAVE >> __lib__.tmp
-   @echo END >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) SAVE >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) END >> __lib__.tmp
    $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) -M < __lib__.tmp
 endef
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define link_file
-   @echo $(file) >> __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(file) >> __link__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 define link_exe_file
-   @echo $(LDFLAGS) $(HB_USER_LDFLAGS) $(LD_OUT)$(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(LDFLAGS) $(HB_USER_LDFLAGS) $(LD_OUT)$(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(link_file))
    $(foreach file,$(LIBPATHS),$(link_file))
    $(foreach file,$(LDLIBS),$(link_file))
diff --git a/harbour/config/dos/watcom.mk b/harbour/config/dos/watcom.mk
index 11e2a5fe6a..a2921ee3d2 100644
--- a/harbour/config/dos/watcom.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/dos/watcom.mk
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ CPPFLAGS :=
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 #       It causes that every command will be separated by LF
 define link_file
-   @echo FILE $(file) >> __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) FILE $(file) >> __link__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define link_lib
-   @echo LIB $(lib) >> __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) LIB $(lib) >> __link__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 define link_exe_file
-   @echo $(LDFLAGS) NAME $(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(LDFLAGS) NAME $(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(link_file))
    $(foreach lib,$(LDLIBS),$(link_lib))
    -$(LD) @__link__.tmp
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ LD_RULE = $(link_exe_file) $(HB_USER_LDFLAGS)
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define lib_object
-   @echo -+$(file) >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) -+$(file) >> __lib__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 define create_library
-   @echo $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(lib_object))
    $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) @__lib__.tmp
 endef
diff --git a/harbour/config/os2/gcc.mk b/harbour/config/os2/gcc.mk
index 9e187adc37..f9699b704c 100644
--- a/harbour/config/os2/gcc.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/os2/gcc.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ endif
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 #       It causes that every command will be separated by LF
 #define lib_object
-#   @echo ADDMOD $(file) >> __lib__.tmp
+#   @$(ECHO) ADDMOD $(file) >> __lib__.tmp
 #
 #endef
 
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ endif
 # in commmand line
 define create_library
    if exist $(subst /,$(DIRSEP),$(LIB_FILE)) $(RM) $(subst /,$(DIRSEP),$(LIB_FILE))
-   @echo CREATE $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
-   for %i in ( *$(OBJ_EXT) ) do @echo ADDMOD %i >> __lib__.tmp
-   @echo SAVE >> __lib__.tmp
-   @echo END >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) CREATE $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
+   for %i in ( *$(OBJ_EXT) ) do @$(ECHO) ADDMOD %i >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) SAVE >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) END >> __lib__.tmp
    $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) -M < __lib__.tmp
 endef
 
diff --git a/harbour/config/os2/watcom.mk b/harbour/config/os2/watcom.mk
index d324dc885f..aa8dba6d9c 100644
--- a/harbour/config/os2/watcom.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/os2/watcom.mk
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ ifeq ($(HB_SHELL),sh)
 else
    # maximum size of command line in OS2 is limited to 1024 characters
    # the trick with divided 'wordlist' is workaround for it:
-   #     -$(if $(wordlist   1,100,$(^F)), echo $(wordlist   1,100,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
-   #     -$(if $(wordlist 101,200,$(^F)), echo $(wordlist 101,200,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
-   #     -$(if $(wordlist 201,300,$(^F)), echo $(wordlist 301,300,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
+   #     -$(if $(wordlist   1,100,$(^F)), $(ECHO) $(wordlist   1,100,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
+   #     -$(if $(wordlist 101,200,$(^F)), $(ECHO) $(wordlist 101,200,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
+   #     -$(if $(wordlist 201,300,$(^F)), $(ECHO) $(wordlist 301,300,$(addprefix -+,$(^F))) >> __lib__.tmp,)
    # anyhow OS2 port# of GNU make 3.81 seems to have bug and GPFs when total
    # commands length is too big so for %i in ( *$(OBJ_EXT) ) do ... below is
    # ugly workaround for both problems
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ else
    endif
 
    define create_library
-      @echo $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
-      for $(FILE) in ( *$(OBJ_EXT) ) do @echo -+$(FILE) >> __lib__.tmp
+      @$(ECHO) $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
+      for $(FILE) in ( *$(OBJ_EXT) ) do @$(ECHO) -+$(FILE) >> __lib__.tmp
       $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) @__lib__.tmp
    endef
 endif
diff --git a/harbour/config/readme.txt b/harbour/config/readme.txt
index 1270fbec97..d3fa6fba26 100644
--- a/harbour/config/readme.txt
+++ b/harbour/config/readme.txt
@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ Included utilities are:
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mak381b.zip
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mak381s.zip
 
-- GNU coreutils (mkdir, rm, cp)
+- GNU coreutils (mkdir, rm, cp, echo)
      Licence:
         GPL 2 (see below)
      Links to included binaries + sources:
-        - DJGPP (dj-mkdir.exe, dj-rm.exe, dj-cp.exe)
+        - DJGPP (dj-mkdir.exe, dj-rm.exe, dj-cp.exe, dj-echo.exe)
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/fil41b.zip
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/fil41s.zip
+             ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djdev203.zip
+             ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djlsr203.zip
         - OS/2 (os2-mkdir.exe, os2-rm.exe)
              http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php?page=build-environment
              http://download.smedley.info/buildenv_20071022.zip
diff --git a/harbour/config/win/bcc.mk b/harbour/config/win/bcc.mk
index a4d18f04e1..c66437f0aa 100644
--- a/harbour/config/win/bcc.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/win/bcc.mk
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ ifneq ($(HB_SHELL),sh)
 
    # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
    define lib_object
-      @echo -+$(subst /,\,$(file)) ^& >> __lib__.tmp
+      @$(ECHO) -+$(subst /,\,$(file)) ^& >> __lib__.tmp
 
    endef
 
    define create_library
       @if exist __lib__.tmp del __lib__.tmp
       $(foreach file,$(^F),$(lib_object))
-      @echo -+>> __lib__.tmp
+      @$(ECHO) -+>> __lib__.tmp
       $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) "$(subst /,\,$(LIB_DIR)/$@)" @__lib__.tmp
    endef
 
diff --git a/harbour/config/win/watcom.mk b/harbour/config/win/watcom.mk
index a2e58b4036..b84e6819ca 100644
--- a/harbour/config/win/watcom.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/win/watcom.mk
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ endif
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 #       It causes that every command will be separated by LF
 define link_file
-   @echo FILE $(file) >> __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) FILE $(file) >> __link__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define link_lib
-   @echo LIB $(lib) >> __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) LIB $(lib) >> __link__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 define link_exe_file
-   @echo $(LDFLAGS) NAME $(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(LDFLAGS) NAME $(BIN_DIR)/$@ > __link__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(link_file))
    $(foreach lib,$(LDLIBS),$(link_lib))
    -$(LD) @__link__.tmp
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ LD_RULE = $(link_exe_file) $(HB_USER_LDFLAGS)
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define lib_object
-   @echo -+$(file) >> __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) -+$(file) >> __lib__.tmp
 
 endef
 
 define create_library
-   @echo $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
+   @$(ECHO) $(LIB_DIR)/$@ > __lib__.tmp
    $(foreach file,$(^F),$(lib_object))
    $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(HB_USER_AFLAGS) @__lib__.tmp
 endef