diff --git a/mozilla/testing/release/common/check_updates.sh b/mozilla/testing/release/common/check_updates.sh
index 7be27e97a2d..3bd3c45020c 100755
--- a/mozilla/testing/release/common/check_updates.sh
+++ b/mozilla/testing/release/common/check_updates.sh
@@ -10,24 +10,27 @@ check_updates () {
 
   unpack_build $update_platform source "$source_package" 
   if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "FAILED: cannot unpack_build $update_platform source $source_package" |tee /dev/stderr
+    echo "FAILED: cannot unpack_build $update_platform source $source_package"
     return 1
   fi
   unpack_build $update_platform target "$target_package" 
   if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "FAILED: cannot unpack_build $update_platform target $target_package" |tee /dev/stderr
+    echo "FAILED: cannot unpack_build $update_platform target $target_package"
     return 1
   fi
   
   case $update_platform in
       Darwin_ppc-gcc | Darwin_Universal-gcc3) 
           platform_dirname="*.app"
+          updater="Contents/MacOS/updater.app/Contents/MacOS/updater"
           ;;
       WINNT_x86-msvc) 
           platform_dirname="bin"
+          updater="updater.exe"
           ;;
       Linux_x86-gcc | Linux_x86-gcc3) 
           platform_dirname=`echo $product | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
+          updater="updater"
           ;;
   esac
 
@@ -36,10 +39,11 @@ check_updates () {
 
   if [ -d source/$platform_dirname ]; then
     cd source/$platform_dirname;
-    $HOME/bin/updater ../../update 0
+    cp $updater ../../update
+    ../../update/updater ../../update 0
     cd ../..
   else
-    echo "FAIL: no dir in source/$platform_dirname" |tee /dev/stderr
+    echo "FAIL: no dir in source/$platform_dirname"
     return 1
   fi
 
diff --git a/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_builds.sh b/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_builds.sh
index 1a575f6418a..02a63fb4a0f 100644
--- a/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_builds.sh
+++ b/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_builds.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ download_builds() {
     if [ -f "$source_file" ]; then rm "$source_file"; fi
     wget -nv $PARAMS "$url" 2>&1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-      echo "FAIL: Could not download source $source_file from $url" |tee /dev/stderr
+      echo "FAIL: Could not download source $source_file from $url"
       echo "skipping.."
       cd ../
       continue
diff --git a/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_mars.sh b/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_mars.sh
index 8c0ee92d970..793ec57f524 100644
--- a/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_mars.sh
+++ b/mozilla/testing/release/common/download_mars.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ download_mars () {
       grep_rv=$?
 
       if [ 0 -ne $grep_rv ]; then
-	      echo "FAIL: no $patch_type update found for $update_url" | tee /dev/stderr
+	      echo "FAIL: no $patch_type update found for $update_url" 
 	      return 1
       fi
 
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ download_mars () {
       actual_hash=`openssl dgst -$hashFunction update/$patch_type.mar | sed -e 's/^.*= //'`
       
       if [ $actual_size != $size ]; then
-	      echo "FAIL: $patch_type from $update_url wrong size" |tee /dev/stderr
-	      echo "FAIL: update.xml size: $size" |tee /dev/stderr
-	      echo "FAIL: actual size: $actual_size" |tee /dev/stderr
+	      echo "FAIL: $patch_type from $update_url wrong size"
+	      echo "FAIL: update.xml size: $size"
+	      echo "FAIL: actual size: $actual_size"
 	      return 1
       fi
       
       if [ $actual_hash != $hashValue ]; then
-	      echo "FAIL: $patch_type from $update_url wrong hash" |tee /dev/stderr
-	      echo "FAIL: update.xml hash: $hashValue" |tee /dev/stderr
-	      echo "FAIL: actual hash: $actual_hash" |tee /dev/stderr
+	      echo "FAIL: $patch_type from $update_url wrong hash"
+	      echo "FAIL: update.xml hash: $hashValue"
+	      echo "FAIL: actual hash: $actual_hash"
 	      return 1
       fi
 
diff --git a/mozilla/testing/release/common/unpack.sh b/mozilla/testing/release/common/unpack.sh
index 645d970a3f1..65fa3e4b1f1 100755
--- a/mozilla/testing/release/common/unpack.sh
+++ b/mozilla/testing/release/common/unpack.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ unpack_build () {
             cd $dir_name
             ;;
         win32|WINNT_x86-msvc)
-            /usr/local/bin/7za x ../"$pkg_file" > /dev/null
+            7z x ../"$pkg_file" > /dev/null
             if [ -d localized ]
             then
               mkdir bin/