Index: arch/typesize.c
==================================================================
--- arch/typesize.c
+++ arch/typesize.c
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-#ifndef _emit_m4_include
-#	define sflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=\"%s\" ", val)
-#	define mflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=-%llu ", val + 1)
-#	define iflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=%llu ", val)
-#	define fflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=%Lf ", val)
+#ifdef _emit_m4_include
+#	define sflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%s')dnl\n", val)
+#	define mflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%llu')dnl\n", (long long unsigned)(val + 1))
+#	define iflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%llu')dnl\n", (long long unsigned)val)
+#	define fflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%Lf')dnl\n", val)
 #else
-#	define sflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%s')dnl\n", val)
-#	define mflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%llu')dnl\n", val + 1)
-#	define iflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%llu')dnl\n", val)
-#	define fflag(flag,val) printf("define(`"#flag"',`%Lf')dnl\n", val)
+#	define sflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=\"%s\" ", val)
+#	define mflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=-%llu ", (long long unsigned)(val + 1))
+#	define iflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=%llu ", (long long unsigned)val)
+#	define fflag(flag,val) printf("-D"#flag"=%Lf ", val)
 #endif
+
 #define type_found(val) (found_type & (val / 8))
 #define checkbits(type,x) \
 	if(!type_found(x) && sizeof(type) == (x/CHAR_BIT)) \
 		sflag(type_bit##x, #type), found_type |= (x / 8)
 

Index: build.sh
==================================================================
--- build.sh
+++ build.sh
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@
 say "commencing libk build $build at $(timestamp)"
 # set -x
 
 # get type data
 mkdir -p $gen
-$cc -D_emit_m4_include arch/typesize.c -o $gen/typesize 
+report $cc -D_emit_m4_include arch/typesize.c -o $gen/typesize 
 $gen/typesize > gen/typesize.m
 
 # generate syscall tables
 if test $posix = yes; then
 	# on posix, we simply abuse CPP to garner a list of syscalls;