diff --git a/scripts/Create-CkSumPatch b/scripts/Create-CkSumPatch
index 6844263fd..3963227d1 100755
--- a/scripts/Create-CkSumPatch
+++ b/scripts/Create-CkSumPatch
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 
-echo "Creating cksum.patch ..."
-echo -n > cksum.patch
+echo "Creating cksum.patch ..." >&2
 
 ./scripts/Download -list-cksums | grep '^00* ' | \
 while read cksum gzfile ; do
@@ -63,13 +62,13 @@ while read cksum gzfile ; do
 	fi
 
 	if [[ "$bzfile" = *.bz2 ]] || [[ "$bzfile" = *.tbz2 ]] ; then
-		echo -n "$bzfile (bzip2): "
+		echo -n "$bzfile (bzip2): " >&2
 		cksum="`bunzip2 < $bzfile | cksum | cut -f1 -d' '`"
 	else
-		echo -n "$gzfile (raw): "
+		echo -n "$gzfile (raw): " >&2
 		cksum="`cksum "$gzfile" | cut -f1 -d' '`"
 	fi
-	echo $cksum
+	echo $cksum >&2
 
 	rep="`echo $bzfile | cut -f2 -d/`"
 
@@ -82,16 +81,16 @@ while read cksum gzfile ; do
 			sedscript="s,\[D\]  *00*  *$xfile,[D] $cksum $xfile,"
 			sed "$sedscript" < $descfile > /tmp/$$
 			if cmp -s ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; then
-				echo "!!! SED script didn't change anything:"
-				echo "!!! $sedscript"
+				echo "!!! SED script didn't change anything:" >&2
+				echo "!!! $sedscript" >&2
 			else
 				{ echo "diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$"
-				diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; } >> cksum.patch
+				diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; }
 			fi
 			rm -f /tmp/$$
 		else
-			echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile"
-			echo "!!! (My guess was $descfile)"
+			echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile" >&2
+			echo "!!! (My guess was $descfile)" >&2
 		fi
 	elif [ -d target/$rep -o "$rep" = misc ] ; then
 		if [ -d target/$rep ] ; then
@@ -105,20 +104,20 @@ while read cksum gzfile ; do
 			sedscript="s,^00*  *$xfile,$cksum $xfile,"
 			sed "$sedscript" < $descfile > /tmp/$$
 			if cmp -s ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; then
-				echo "!!! SED script didn't change anything:"
-				echo "!!! $sedscript"
+				echo "!!! SED script didn't change anything:" >&2
+				echo "!!! $sedscript" >&2
 			else
 				{ echo "diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$"
-				diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; } >> cksum.patch
+				diff -u0 ./$descfile /tmp/$$ ; }
 			fi
 			rm -f /tmp/$$
 		else
-			echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile"
-			echo "!!! (My guess was $descfile)"
+			echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile" >&2
+			echo "!!! (My guess was $descfile)" >&2
 		fi
 	else
-		echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile"
-		echo "!!! (I didn't have any possible guesses)"
+		echo "!!! No Desc File for $gzfile" >&2
+		echo "!!! (I didn't have any possible guesses)" >&2
 	fi
    fi
 done
diff --git a/scripts/Create-CopyPatch b/scripts/Create-CopyPatch
index be756d271..dd435771f 100755
--- a/scripts/Create-CopyPatch
+++ b/scripts/Create-CopyPatch
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ version.
 EOT
 
 
-echo "Creating copy.patch (this may take a while) ..."
-echo -n > copy.patch
+echo "Creating copy.patch (this may take a while) ..." >&2
 
 [ $# = 0 ] && set Documentation/. architecture/. misc/. \
                   package/. scripts/. target/.
@@ -115,12 +114,12 @@ do
 		grep -A 100000 -- '--- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---' $oldfile
 	    } > $newfile
 	    if ! cmp -s $oldfile $newfile ; then
-		echo "Creating patch for $filename."
+		echo "Creating patch for $filename." >&2
 		diff -u ./$filename $newfile |
-			sed -e "2 s,$newfile,./$filename," >> copy.patch
+			sed -e "2 s,$newfile,./$filename,"
 	    fi
 	else
-		echo "WARNING: No Copyright tags in $filename found!"
+		echo "WARNING: No Copyright tags in $filename found!" >&2
 	fi
 done