--- a/build/checksums.py
+++ b/build/checksums.py
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ def process_files(files, output_filename
             for digest in digests:
                 hash = digest_file(file, digest)
 
                 if file.startswith(strip):
                     short_file = file[len(strip):]
                     short_file = short_file.lstrip('/')
                 else:
                     short_file = file
-                print >>output, '%s %s %s %s' % (hash, digest,
-                                                 os.path.getsize(file),
-                                                 short_file)
+
+                output.write('%s %s %s %s\n' % (
+                    hash, digest, os.path.getsize(file), short_file))
 
 
 def setup_logging(level=logging.DEBUG):
     '''This function sets up the logging module using a speficiable logging
     module logging level.  The default log level is DEBUG.
 
     The output is in the format:
         <level> - <message>