--- a/make/Init.gmk	Wed Mar 27 22:25:03 2019 +0100
+++ b/make/Init.gmk	Wed Apr 03 12:52:37 2019 -0700
@@ -238,11 +238,13 @@
   ifeq ($(LOG_NOFILE), true)
     # Disable build log if LOG=[level,]nofile was given
     override BUILD_LOG_PIPE :=
+    override BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE :=
   endif
 
   ifeq ($(filter dist-clean, $(SEQUENTIAL_TARGETS)), dist-clean)
     # We can't have a log file if we're about to remove it.
     override BUILD_LOG_PIPE :=
+    override BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE :=
   endif
 
   ifeq ($(OUTPUT_SYNC_SUPPORTED), true)
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@
   main: $(INIT_TARGETS)
         ifneq ($(SEQUENTIAL_TARGETS)$(PARALLEL_TARGETS), )
 	  $(call RotateLogFiles)
-	  $(PRINTF) "Building $(TARGET_DESCRIPTION)\n" $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE)
+	  $(PRINTF) "Building $(TARGET_DESCRIPTION)\n" $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE)
           ifneq ($(SEQUENTIAL_TARGETS), )
             # Don't touch build output dir since we might be cleaning. That
             # means no log pipe.
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@
 	            $(PARALLEL_TARGETS) $(COMPARE_BUILD_MAKE) $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE) || \
 	        ( exitcode=$$? && \
 	        $(PRINTF) "\nERROR: Build failed for $(TARGET_DESCRIPTION) (exit code $$exitcode) \n" \
-	            $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE) && \
+	            $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE) && \
 	        cd $(TOPDIR) && $(MAKE) $(MAKE_ARGS) -j 1 -f make/Init.gmk \
 	            HAS_SPEC=true on-failure ; \
 	        exit $$exitcode ) )
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@
 	  if test -f $(MAKESUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/exit-with-error ; then \
 	    exit 1 ; \
 	  fi
-	  $(PRINTF) "Finished building $(TARGET_DESCRIPTION)\n" $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE)
+	  $(PRINTF) "Finished building $(TARGET_DESCRIPTION)\n" $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE)
 	  $(call ReportProfileTimes)
         endif
 

--- a/make/InitSupport.gmk	Wed Mar 27 22:25:03 2019 +0100
+++ b/make/InitSupport.gmk	Wed Apr 03 12:52:37 2019 -0700
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@
   BUILD_PROFILE_LOG := $(OUTPUTDIR)/build-profile.log
 
   BUILD_LOG_PIPE := > >($(TEE) -a $(BUILD_LOG)) 2> >($(TEE) -a $(BUILD_LOG) >&2) && wait
+  # Use this for simple echo/printf commands that are never expected to print
+  # to stderr.
+  BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE := | $(TEE) -a $(BUILD_LOG)
 
   ifneq ($(CUSTOM_ROOT), )
     topdir=$(CUSTOM_ROOT)
@@ -514,7 +517,7 @@
 	    "`$(LS) $(BUILDTIMESDIR)/build_time_diff_* | $(GREP) -v _TOTAL | \
 	    $(XARGS) $(CAT) | $(SORT) -k 2`" \
 	    "`$(CAT) $(BUILDTIMESDIR)/build_time_diff_TOTAL`" \
-	    $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE)
+	    $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE)
   endef
 
   define ReportProfileTimes
@@ -524,7 +527,7 @@
         $(CAT) $(BUILD_PROFILE_LOG) && \
         $(ECHO) End $(notdir $(BUILD_PROFILE_LOG)); \
       } \
-      $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE)
+      $(BUILD_LOG_PIPE_SIMPLE)
     )
   endef