diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp
index c3eef810c6b73d31131b823bbf13c87fb054d459..30cf02853c4514a76d82c2ed2cacf0e30a26c58a 100644
--- a/asdf.lisp
+++ b/asdf.lisp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; This is asdf: Another System Definition Facility.  $Revision: 1.42 $
+;;; This is asdf: Another System Definition Facility.  $Revision: 1.43 $
 ;;;
 ;;; Feedback, bug reports, and patches are all welcome: please mail to
 ;;; <cclan-list@lists.sf.net>.  But note first that the canonical
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 (in-package #:asdf)
 
 ;;; parse the cvs revision into something that might be vaguely useful.  
-(defvar *asdf-revision* (let* ((v "$Revision: 1.42 $")
+(defvar *asdf-revision* (let* ((v "$Revision: 1.43 $")
 			       (colon (position #\: v))
 			       (dot (position #\. v)))
 			  (and v colon dot 
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ system."))
 	       :initform *compile-file-failure-behaviour*)))
 
 (defmethod perform :before ((operation compile-op) (c source-file))
-  (setf (component-property c 'last-compiled) nil))
+  (setf (component-property c 'last-compiled) nil)
+  (map nil #'ensure-directories-exist (output-files operation c)))
 
 (defmethod perform :after ((operation compile-op) (c source-file))
   (when (output-files operation c)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8489ee314ed25fd71324184b324b839e52258a2e..29a45232152e0e49b23a576f1abf39846aca5a62 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cl-asdf (1.43-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream version
+
+ -- Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:34:57 -0600
+
 cl-asdf (1.42-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add reregister-common-lisp-implementations call when installing cl-asdf.