--- a/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk	Thu Feb 24 15:16:02 2011 -0800
+++ b/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk	Sat Feb 26 12:11:32 2011 -0800
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@
 
 # Common way to emit a line into the release or info file
 define info-file-item # name value
-$(PRINTF) "%s=\"%s\"\n" $1 $2 >> $@
+$(PRINTF) '%s="%s"\n' $1 $2 >> $@
 endef
 
 # Values to emit