diff -r b0a35bae4961 -r c880957671f6 update/update.c
--- a/update/update.c	Thu Nov 10 11:15:09 2011 +0000
+++ b/update/update.c	Mon Nov 17 11:36:20 2014 +0000
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@
 
 void update(const char *argv0)
 {
-    char *path,*s,*prefix;
+    char *path;
+    gchar *s,*prefix;
     int ch;
     struct comps *comps;
+    GError *error=NULL;
     path=plover_get_program_directory(argv0);
-    s=plover_strconcat(path,"/repodata/comps.xml",NULL);
+    s=g_strconcat(path,"/repodata/comps.xml",NULL);
     comps=plover_comps_new_from_file(s);
     if (!comps)
     {
 	perror(s);
 	exit(1);
     }
-    free(s);
+    g_free(s);
     prefix=plover_default_prefix_for_vendor(comps->vendor);
     if (!plover_installed_files_match_prefix(prefix))
     {
@@ -50,11 +52,21 @@
 	    exit(1);
 	while(ch!='\n' && ch!=EOF)
 	    ch=getchar();
-	plover_remove(NULL);
+	if (plover_remove(NULL,&error))
+	{
+	    fprintf(stderr,"%s\n",error->message);
+	    g_error_free(error);
+	    exit(1);
+	}
     }
     plover_comps_free(comps);
-    plover_update(path,prefix,NULL);
-    free(prefix);
+    if (!plover_update(path,prefix,NULL,&error))
+    {
+	fprintf(stderr,"%s\n",error->message);
+	g_error_free(error);
+	exit(1);
+    }
+    g_free(prefix);
     free(path);
 }