diff --git a/bdb/dist/RELEASE b/bdb/dist/RELEASE
index 20b648efa0408b20e0c231bc972a9564fc17cc7d..61151b8589c0953e7485b6a84d79a3e8fd0f5b92 100644
--- a/bdb/dist/RELEASE
+++ b/bdb/dist/RELEASE
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DB_VERSION_STRING="Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB $DB_VERSION: ($DB_RELEASE_DAT
 # bitkeeper doesn't like somebody to mess with permissions!
 chmod()
 {
-  #echo "chmod $1 $2"
+  echo "chmod $1 $2" >/dev/null
 }
 
 # useful trick to find auto-generated files
diff --git a/bdb/dist/s_all b/bdb/dist/s_all
index c0e3ac72f3a3703035427681b058c6bc0c55a45e..51c9afabcaea27d06f3f8d5f1315181c6d00ca86 100644
--- a/bdb/dist/s_all
+++ b/bdb/dist/s_all
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #	$Id: s_all,v 1.10 2001/08/04 14:01:44 bostic Exp $
 
-sh s_perm		# permissions.
+make_dir()
+{
+  if test ! -d $1; then
+    echo  "mkdir $1"
+    mkdir $1
+    status=$?
+    if test $status -ne 0 && test ! -d $1; then
+      echo "error: $status"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+make_dir ../test_server
+make_dir ../dbinc_auto
+
+#sh s_perm		# permissions.
 sh s_symlink		# symbolic links.
 sh s_readme		# db/README file.