diff --git a/mk/bulk/printdepends b/mk/bulk/printdepends
index 216d57de2e20..049034b529b7 100644
--- a/mk/bulk/printdepends
+++ b/mk/bulk/printdepends
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $NetBSD: printdepends,v 1.6 2001/02/17 16:45:10 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: printdepends,v 1.7 2001/07/13 15:14:57 dmcmahill Exp $
 #
 # Print list of pkg dependencies suitable for tsort(1).
 # Start in /usr/pkgsrc.
@@ -19,17 +19,23 @@ cwd=$PWD
 
 for pkgdir in $list
 do
-	cd $pkgdir
-
-	l=`make show-depends-dirs`
-	if [ "$l" = "" ]; then
-		# No dependencies
-		echo "$pkgdir $pkgdir"
+	if [ ! -d $pkgdir ]; then
+		echo "WARNING:  the package directory $pkgdir is listed in" > /dev/stderr
+		echo $pkgdir | sed 's;/.*;/Makefile;g' > /dev/stderr
+		echo "but the directory does not exist.  Please fix this!" > /dev/stderr
 	else
-		for depdir in $l
-		do
-			echo "$depdir $pkgdir"
-		done
+		cd $pkgdir
+
+		l=`make show-depends-dirs`
+		if [ "$l" = "" ]; then
+			# No dependencies
+			echo "$pkgdir $pkgdir"
+		else
+			for depdir in $l
+			do
+				echo "$depdir $pkgdir"
+			done
+		fi
 	fi
 	cd $cwd
 done
diff --git a/mk/bulk/printindex b/mk/bulk/printindex
index 137cd8e662e0..9f105612f498 100644
--- a/mk/bulk/printindex
+++ b/mk/bulk/printindex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $NetBSD: printindex,v 1.4 2001/03/31 04:09:58 dmcmahill Exp $
+# $NetBSD: printindex,v 1.5 2001/07/13 15:14:57 dmcmahill Exp $
 #
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ list=`grep '^[[:space:]]*'SUBDIR */Makefile | sed 's,/Makefile.*=[[:space:]]*,/,
 
 for pkgdir in $list
 do
-	cd $pkgdir
-	pkgname=`make show-var VARNAME=PKGNAME`
-	echo "$pkgdir          $pkgname "
+	if [ ! -d $pkgdir ]; then
+		echo "WARNING:  the package directory $pkgdir is listed in" > /dev/stderr
+		echo $pkgdir | sed 's;/.*;/Makefile;g' > /dev/stderr
+		echo "but the directory does not exist.  Please fix this!" > /dev/stderr
+	else
+		cd $pkgdir
+		pkgname=`make show-var VARNAME=PKGNAME`
+		echo "$pkgdir          $pkgname "
+	fi
 	cd $cwd 
 done