diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 29c991d306..ed9c3c532e 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7151,6 +7151,8 @@ Karl 2003-10-27
       disk filename 'open_name=url_filename' (url_filename is the basename of
       file as copied to download/)
 
+    tools/
+        update_versions
     py/Boinc/
         tools.py
 
diff --git a/py/Boinc/tools.py b/py/Boinc/tools.py
index 70cdebc869..5d588959d2 100644
--- a/py/Boinc/tools.py
+++ b/py/Boinc/tools.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def process_executable_file(file, signature_text=None, quiet=False, executable=T
     target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, target_file_base)
     if file != target_path:
         if not quiet:
-            print "Copying %s to %s"%(file_base, target_dir)
+            print "Copying %s to %s"%(source_file_base, target_dir)
         shutil.copy(file, target_path)
 
     xml = '''<file_info>
diff --git a/tools/update_versions b/tools/update_versions
index 534b12b175..50ffad192a 100755
--- a/tools/update_versions
+++ b/tools/update_versions
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ verbose = 0
 try:
     if sys.argv[1] == '-v':
         verbose = 1
+        print '(verbose mode)'
 except:
     pass
 
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ def xsort(list):
     newlist.sort()
     return newlist
 
+def xlistdir(dir):
+    return map(lambda file: os.path.join(dir, file), os.listdir(dir))
+
 def add_files(app, match, exec_file, non_exec_files=[]):
     ''' add files to app/core.
 
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ def find_versions(app, dir):
 
     """
 
-    for filepath in os.listdir(dir):
+    for filepath in xlistdir(dir):
         if os.path.islink(filepath):
             continue
         if os.path.isdir(filepath):
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ def find_versions(app, dir):
             match = None
             non_exec_files = []
             dir = filepath
-            for filepath in os.listdir(dir):
+            for filepath in xlistdir(dir):
                 if os.path.isdir(filepath):
                     continue
                 if not match:
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ def find_versions(app, dir):
                 continue
             add_files(app=app, match=match, exec_file=filepath)
 
-for appdir in os.listdir(config.app_dir):
+for appdir in xlistdir(config.app_dir):
     if not os.path.isdir(appdir): continue
     dirname = os.path.basename(appdir)
     if dirname == 'boinc':