Better fixes.

cdist/conf/type/__cron/gencode-remote

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state" 2>/dev/null || echo "present")"
 # These are the old markers
 prefix="#cdist:__cron/$__object_id"
 suffix="#/cdist:__cron/$__object_id"
-filter="^# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE|^# \\(.* installed on |^# \\(Cron version V|^# \\(Cronie version .\\..\\)$"
+filter='^# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE|^# \(.* installed on |^# \(Cron version V|^# \(Cronie version .\..\)$'
 cat << DONE
 crontab -u $user -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v -E "$filter" | awk -v prefix="$prefix" -v suffix="$suffix" '
 {

cdist/conf/type/__jail_freebsd10/gencode-remote

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ else
 #    when $state=present, it's required. Enforce this.
    if [ "$state" = "present" ]; then
       exec >&2
-      echo "If --state is 'present,' --ip must be given\\!"
+      printf 'If --state is "present", --ip must be given\!\n'
       exit 1
    fi
 fi

cdist/conf/type/__jail_freebsd9/gencode-remote

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ else
 #    when $state=present, it's required. Enforce this.
    if [ "$state" = "present" ]; then
       exec >&2
-      echo "If --state is 'present,' --ip must be given\\!"
+      printf 'If --state is "present", --ip must be given\!\n'
       exit 1
    fi
 fi

cdist/conf/type/__mount/gencode-remote

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ case "$state_should" in
             printf ' -o %s' "$(cat "$__object/parameter/options")"
          fi
          printf ' %s' "$(cat "$__object/parameter/device")"
-         printf " %s\\n" "$path"
+         printf ' %s\n' "$path"
       else
          # mount using existing fstab entry
          printf 'mount "%s"\n' "$path"

cdist/conf/type/__package_pkgng_freebsd/gencode-remote

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ if [ -n "$curr_version" ]; then  # PKG *is* installed
       if [ "$upgrade" = "true" ]; then
          execcmd "upg" "${cmd}"
       else
-         printf "Version %s is already installed and pkg-ng can't upgrade directly to version %s.\\nTo upgrade to the latest version, use the --upgrade flag.\\n" "$curr_version" "$version" >&2
+         printf 'Version %s is already installed and pkg-ng cannot upgrade directly to version %s.\nTo upgrade to the latest version, use the --upgrade flag.\n' "$curr_version" "$version" >&2
          exit 1
       fi
    # PKG is supposed to be installed to the latest version