diff --git a/infrastructure/build/update-patches b/infrastructure/build/update-patches
index 8942d9cddf7..b1c31dd34dc 100644
--- a/infrastructure/build/update-patches
+++ b/infrastructure/build/update-patches
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# $OpenBSD: update-patches,v 1.2 2000/06/07 00:47:47 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: update-patches,v 1.3 2000/06/09 17:08:37 espie Exp $
 # Copyright (c) 2000
 # Marc Espie.  All rights reserved.
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ while read file
 do
     echo 1>&2 "Processing $file"
     # look in patchdir for an existing patchfile matching this
+    mkdir -p $PATCHDIR
     cd $PATCHDIR
     for i in ${PATCH_LIST}
     do
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ do
     # Build a sensible name for the patch file
     patchname=patch-`echo $file|sed -e s,[/.],_,g`
     echo 1>&2 "No patch-* found for $file, creating $patchname"
-    { echo '$OpenBSD: update-patches,v 1.2 2000/06/07 00:47:47 espie Exp $'; (cd $WRKDIST && diff ${DIFF_ARGS} -u -p $file.orig $file) } >$patchname
+    { echo '$OpenBSD: update-patches,v 1.3 2000/06/09 17:08:37 espie Exp $'; (cd $WRKDIST && diff ${DIFF_ARGS} -u -p $file.orig $file) } >$patchname
     edit="$edit $patchname"
     accounted="$accounted $patchname"
 done
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-# Check for $Id: update-patches,v 1.2 2000/06/07 00:47:47 espie Exp $ and similar bugs in all those patch files.
+# Check for $Id: update-patches,v 1.3 2000/06/09 17:08:37 espie Exp $ and similar bugs in all those patch files.
 for i in $accounted
 do
     if sed -e '/1,^---/ d' $i|grep '$(Id|OpenBSD'