diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index de704625d90f399ce82955081115efeae9f851f5..075bede7bc8dd7245a949fd86c004348f66d5640 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- BLUEGENE - add support for scontrol show blocks.
  -- Added support for job step time limits.
 
+* Changes in SLURM 2.0.6
+========================
+
 * Changes in SLURM 2.0.5
 ========================
  -- BLUEGENE - Added support for emulating systems with a X-dimension of 4.
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.59 b/testsuite/expect/test1.59
index c6ee7cd315f806e46e0ae5365f03427dbbc5daf6..6ad5da11376e79ef7d419eeb69fc6995e689c2cf 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.59
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.59
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<4} {incr i} {
 				previous srun\n"
 			exit 1
 		}
-		send "export SLURM_HOSTFILE=$hostfile\n"
+		send "export SLURM_HOSTFILE=$hostfile\r"
 		expect {
 			-re $prompt {
 				#send_user "srun completed\n"
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<4} {incr i} {
 	#
 	# execute srun with a specific node count
 	#
-	send "$srun -l $extra -O $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME\n"
+	send "$srun -l $extra -O $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME\r"
 	expect {
 		-re "($number): ($alpha_numeric_under)" {
 			set task_id $expect_out(1,string)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<4} {incr i} {
 		}
 	}
 }
-send "unset SLURM_HOSTFILE\n"
+send "unset SLURM_HOSTFILE\r"
 expect {
 	-re $prompt {
 		#send_user "srun completed\n"
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<5} {incr i} {
 	# execute srun with a specific node count
 	#
 	
-	send "$srun -l $extra -O $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME\n"
+	send "$srun -l $extra -O $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME\r"
 	
 	expect {
 		-re "($number): ($alpha_numeric_under)" {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ for {set i 0} {$i<5} {incr i} {
 	}
 }
 
-send "exit\n"
+send "exit\r"
 expect {
 	-re "error.*Exit 1" {
 		send_user "This error is expected, no worries\n"