diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 4c53b17..050212e 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 09 03:14:00 UTC 2014 - Led <ledest@gmail.com>
+
+- fix bashisms in pre scripts
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 22 09:39:02 UTC 2014 - kstreitova@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 7719b20..71bfb77 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 # 3 : we don't need to do something with /etc/sysconfig/cron for now
-%define cron_configs \{%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/crond,%{_sysconfdir}/crontab,%{_sysconfdir}/cron.deny,%{_sysconfdir}/omc/srvinfo.d/cron.xml\}
+%define cron_configs %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/crond %{_sysconfdir}/crontab %{_sysconfdir}/cron.deny %{_sysconfdir}/omc/srvinfo.d/cron.xml
 Name:           cronie
 Version:        1.4.12
 Release:        0
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ install -v -m644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/omc/srvinfo.d/
 # check if we are doing "ugly" update from old 4.1 vixie-cron
 check_cron_mail_feature=`%{_sbindir}/cron --help 2>&1 | %{_bindir}/grep mail`
 # vixie-cron 4.1 doesn't contain mail fature
-if [ -e %{_sbindir}/cron -a "${check_cron_mail_feature}" == "" ]; then
+if [ -e %{_sbindir}/cron -a -z "${check_cron_mail_feature}" ]; then
 	# save configs for cronie post-install phase
 	touch %{_localstatedir}/run/update_from_old_cron
 	echo $1