diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39a9f47c11c4..9f7a1bb2574b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ FEATURE/
 /src/cmd/INIT/execrate
 /src/cmd/INIT/filter
 /src/cmd/INIT/iffe
-/src/cmd/INIT/ignore
 /src/cmd/INIT/mamake
 /src/cmd/INIT/mamprobe
 /src/cmd/INIT/mktest
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ FEATURE/
 /src/cmd/INIT/probe.sh
 /src/cmd/INIT/regress
 /src/cmd/INIT/rt
-/src/cmd/INIT/silent
 /src/cmd/builtin/pty
 /src/cmd/ksh93/ksh
 /src/cmd/ksh93/shcomp
diff --git a/bin/ignore b/bin/ignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 0a57d55df17a..000000000000
--- a/bin/ignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-#                                                                      #
-#               This software is part of the ast package               #
-#          Copyright (c) 1994-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property          #
-#          Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
-#                      and is licensed under the                       #
-#                 Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0                  #
-#                                                                      #
-#                A copy of the License is available at                 #
-#      https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.html      #
-#         (with md5 checksum 84283fa8859daf213bdda5a9f8d1be1d)         #
-#                                                                      #
-#                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  #
-#                  Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>                   #
-#                                                                      #
-########################################################################
-# non-ksh script for the nmake ignore prefix
-# @(#)ignore (ksh 93u+m) 2021-12-31
-
-while	:
-do	case $# in
-	0)	exit 0 ;;
-	esac
-	case $1 in
-	*=*)	export "$1"
-		shift
-		;;
-	*)	break
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-"$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/bin/package b/bin/package
index 8304e050c874..6df138e1c4d7 100755
--- a/bin/package
+++ b/bin/package
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ case $x in
 		then
 			# update the basic package commands
 
-			for i in execrate ignore mamprobe silent
+			for i in execrate mamprobe
 			do	test -h $PACKAGEROOT/bin/$i 2>/dev/null ||
 				case $(ls -t $INITROOT/$i.sh $PACKAGEROOT/bin/$i 2>/dev/null) in
 				"$INITROOT/$i.sh"*)
diff --git a/bin/silent b/bin/silent
deleted file mode 100755
index 3291fa865071..000000000000
--- a/bin/silent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-#                                                                      #
-#               This software is part of the ast package               #
-#          Copyright (c) 1994-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property          #
-#          Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
-#                      and is licensed under the                       #
-#                 Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0                  #
-#                                                                      #
-#                A copy of the License is available at                 #
-#      https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.html      #
-#         (with md5 checksum 84283fa8859daf213bdda5a9f8d1be1d)         #
-#                                                                      #
-#                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  #
-#                  Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>                   #
-#                                                                      #
-########################################################################
-# non-ksh stub for the nmake silent prefix
-# @(#)silent (ksh 93u+m) 2021-12-31
-
-while	:
-do	case $# in
-	0)	exit 0 ;;
-	esac
-	case $1 in
-	*=*)	export "$1"
-		shift
-		;;
-	*)	break
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-"$@"
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/Mamfile b/src/cmd/INIT/Mamfile
index 553fc81b57f4..184e9c4602fd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/Mamfile
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/Mamfile
@@ -231,84 +231,6 @@ make install
 		exec - esac
 		exec - test -w execrate -a -x execrate || chmod u+w,+x execrate
 	done execrate generated
-	make ignore
-		make ignore.sh
-		done ignore.sh
-		prev ignore.sh
-		exec - case static,port:$OPTIND:$RANDOM in
-		exec - ?*:*:*|*::*|*:*:$RANDOM)
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) if ENV= LC_ALL=C x= $SHELL -nc '[[ a || b ]] && : ${list[level]}  !(pattern)' 2>/dev/null
-		exec - then if grep '### .*archaic.* ###' >/dev/null
-		exec - then : ignore contains archaic constructs :
-		exec - else ENV= LC_ALL=C $SHELL -n ignore.sh
-		exec - fi
-		exec - fi
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - case '${mam_cc_SHELLMAGIC}' in
-		exec - "") case 0 in
-		exec - 0) cp ignore.sh ignore
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) {
-		exec - i=`(read x; echo $x) < ignore.sh`
-		exec - case $i in
-		exec - '#!'*|*'||'*|':'*|'":"'*|"':'"*) echo "$i" ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - cat - ignore.sh <<'!'
-		exec -
-		exec - !
-		exec - } > ignore
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) cat - ignore.sh > ignore <<'!'
-		exec - ${mam_cc_SHELLMAGIC}
-		exec -
-		exec - !
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - test -w ignore -a -x ignore || chmod u+w,+x ignore
-	done ignore generated
-	make silent
-		make silent.sh
-		done silent.sh
-		prev silent.sh
-		exec - case static,port:$OPTIND:$RANDOM in
-		exec - ?*:*:*|*::*|*:*:$RANDOM)
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) if ENV= LC_ALL=C x= $SHELL -nc '[[ a || b ]] && : ${list[level]}  !(pattern)' 2>/dev/null
-		exec - then if grep '### .*archaic.* ###' >/dev/null
-		exec - then : silent contains archaic constructs :
-		exec - else ENV= LC_ALL=C $SHELL -n silent.sh
-		exec - fi
-		exec - fi
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - case '${mam_cc_SHELLMAGIC}' in
-		exec - "") case 0 in
-		exec - 0) cp silent.sh silent
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) {
-		exec - i=`(read x; echo $x) < silent.sh`
-		exec - case $i in
-		exec - '#!'*|*'||'*|':'*|'":"'*|"':'"*) echo "$i" ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - cat - silent.sh <<'!'
-		exec -
-		exec - !
-		exec - } > silent
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - *) cat - silent.sh > silent <<'!'
-		exec - ${mam_cc_SHELLMAGIC}
-		exec -
-		exec - !
-		exec - ;;
-		exec - esac
-		exec - test -w silent -a -x silent || chmod u+w,+x silent
-	done silent generated
 	make mamake
 		make mamake.o
 			make mamake.c
@@ -436,10 +358,6 @@ make install
 		prev execrate
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s execrate ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/execrate || { ${STDMV} ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/execrate ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/execrate.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} execrate ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/execrate ;}
 	done ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/execrate generated
-	make ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore
-		prev ignore
-		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s ignore ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore || { ${STDMV} ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} ignore ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore ;}
-	done ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/ignore generated
 	make ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/mamprobe
 		make mamprobe
 			make mamprobe.sh
@@ -485,10 +403,6 @@ make install
 		prev package
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s package ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/package || { ${STDMV} ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/package ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/package.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} package ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/package ;}
 	done ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/package generated
-	make ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent
-		prev silent
-		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s silent ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent || { ${STDMV} ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} silent ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent ;}
-	done ${PACKAGEROOT}/bin/silent generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/crossexec
 		prev crossexec
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s crossexec ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/crossexec || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/crossexec ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/crossexec.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} crossexec ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/crossexec ;}
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/ignore.sh b/src/cmd/INIT/ignore.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a57d55df17a..000000000000
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/ignore.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-#                                                                      #
-#               This software is part of the ast package               #
-#          Copyright (c) 1994-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property          #
-#          Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
-#                      and is licensed under the                       #
-#                 Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0                  #
-#                                                                      #
-#                A copy of the License is available at                 #
-#      https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.html      #
-#         (with md5 checksum 84283fa8859daf213bdda5a9f8d1be1d)         #
-#                                                                      #
-#                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  #
-#                  Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>                   #
-#                                                                      #
-########################################################################
-# non-ksh script for the nmake ignore prefix
-# @(#)ignore (ksh 93u+m) 2021-12-31
-
-while	:
-do	case $# in
-	0)	exit 0 ;;
-	esac
-	case $1 in
-	*=*)	export "$1"
-		shift
-		;;
-	*)	break
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-"$@"
-exit 0
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/mamake.c b/src/cmd/INIT/mamake.c
index f2a1b32f2e89..5ef72b7f6c19 100644
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/mamake.c
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/mamake.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * coded for portability
  */
 
-#define RELEASE_DATE "2022-07-15"
+#define RELEASE_DATE "2022-10-26"
 static char id[] = "\n@(#)$Id: mamake (ksh 93u+m) " RELEASE_DATE " $\0\n";
 
 #if _PACKAGE_ast
@@ -1220,7 +1220,31 @@ run(Rule_t* r, register char* s)
 	else
 		x = state.exec;
 	if (x)
-		append(buf, "trap - 1 2 3 15\nPATH=.:$PATH\nset -x\n");
+		append(buf,
+			/* stub for nmake's silent prefix (for backward compat) */
+			"silent()\n"
+			"(\n"
+				"while	test \"$#\" -gt 0\n"
+				"do	case $1 in\n"
+					"*=*)	export \"$1\"; shift;;\n"
+					"*)	break;;\n"
+					"esac\n"
+				"done\n"
+				"\"$@\"\n"
+			")\n"
+			/* stub for nmake's ignore prefix (for backward compat) */
+			"ignore()\n"
+			"{\n"
+				"silent \"$@\" || :\n"  /* always return status 0 */
+			"}\n"
+			/* find commands in the current working directory first */
+			"case $PATH in\n"
+			".:*)	;;\n"
+			"*)	PATH=.:$PATH;;\n"
+			"esac\n"
+			/* show trace for the shell action commands */
+			"set -x\n"
+		);
 	if (state.view)
 	{
 		do
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/package.sh b/src/cmd/INIT/package.sh
index 8304e050c874..6df138e1c4d7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/package.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/package.sh
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ case $x in
 		then
 			# update the basic package commands
 
-			for i in execrate ignore mamprobe silent
+			for i in execrate mamprobe
 			do	test -h $PACKAGEROOT/bin/$i 2>/dev/null ||
 				case $(ls -t $INITROOT/$i.sh $PACKAGEROOT/bin/$i 2>/dev/null) in
 				"$INITROOT/$i.sh"*)
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/silent.sh b/src/cmd/INIT/silent.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3291fa865071..000000000000
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/silent.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-#                                                                      #
-#               This software is part of the ast package               #
-#          Copyright (c) 1994-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property          #
-#          Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
-#                      and is licensed under the                       #
-#                 Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0                  #
-#                                                                      #
-#                A copy of the License is available at                 #
-#      https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.html      #
-#         (with md5 checksum 84283fa8859daf213bdda5a9f8d1be1d)         #
-#                                                                      #
-#                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  #
-#                  Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>                   #
-#                                                                      #
-########################################################################
-# non-ksh stub for the nmake silent prefix
-# @(#)silent (ksh 93u+m) 2021-12-31
-
-while	:
-do	case $# in
-	0)	exit 0 ;;
-	esac
-	case $1 in
-	*=*)	export "$1"
-		shift
-		;;
-	*)	break
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-"$@"
diff --git a/src/cmd/builtin/Mamfile b/src/cmd/builtin/Mamfile
index c8d10197869b..e9998ce8c149 100644
--- a/src/cmd/builtin/Mamfile
+++ b/src/cmd/builtin/Mamfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${CC} ${CCLDFLAGS} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${mam_cc_L+-L.} ${mam_cc_L+-L${INSTALLROOT}/lib} -o pty pty.o ${mam_libutil} ${mam_libast} -lm ${mam_libcmd}
 	done pty generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin generated
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s pty ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/pty || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/pty ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/pty.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} pty ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/pty ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/pty generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin virtual
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/Mamfile b/src/cmd/ksh93/Mamfile
index cd43a7947662..ef6df410eef8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/Mamfile
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/Mamfile
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ make install
 	done shell virtual
 	prev libshell.a archive
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/bin
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin generated
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s ksh ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/ksh || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/ksh ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/ksh.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} ksh ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/ksh ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/ksh generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1 generated
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s sh.1 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1/sh.1 || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1/sh.1 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1/sh.1.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} sh.1 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1/sh.1 ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man1/sh.1 generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib generated
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ make install
 		exec - (ranlib ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libshell.a) >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libshell.a generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3 generated
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s nval.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/nval.3 || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/nval.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/nval.3.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} nval.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/nval.3 ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/nval.3 generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib generated
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s shell.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/shell || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/shell ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/shell.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} shell.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/shell ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/shell generated
 	make ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
+		exec - if test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - fi
 	done ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE} generated
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s shcomp ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/shcomp || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/shcomp ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/shcomp.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} shcomp ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/shcomp ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/bin/shcomp generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/fun
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/fun
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/fun
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/fun
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/fun generated
diff --git a/src/lib/libast/Mamfile b/src/lib/libast/Mamfile
index 12578e487366..779fca43892e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libast/Mamfile
+++ b/src/lib/libast/Mamfile
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ make install
 										done features/map.c
 										exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I.  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/map.c
 									done FEATURE/map generated
-									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/map ast_map.h || { rm -f ast_map.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/map ast_map.h; }
+									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/map ast_map.h || { rm -f ast_map.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/map ast_map.h; }
 								done ast_map.h dontcare generated
 							done ast_common.h dontcare generated
 						done std/bytesex.h dontcare
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ make install
 									exec - !
 									exec - ;;
 									exec - esac
-									exec - silent test -w conf -a -x conf || chmod u+w,+x conf
+									exec - test -w conf -a -x conf || chmod u+w,+x conf
 								done conf generated
 								make comp/conf.tab
 								done comp/conf.tab
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ make install
 						done features/limits.c
 						exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I. -Icomp -Iinclude -Istd  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/limits.c
 					done FEATURE/limits generated
-					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/limits ast_limits.h || { rm -f ast_limits.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/limits ast_limits.h; }
+					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/limits ast_limits.h || { rm -f ast_limits.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/limits ast_limits.h; }
 				done ast_limits.h generated
 				make ast_stdio.h
 					make FEATURE/stdio
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ make install
 							make include/regex.h implicit
 								make ast_api.h implicit
 									prev FEATURE/api
-									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/api ast_api.h || { rm -f ast_api.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/api ast_api.h; }
+									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/api ast_api.h || { rm -f ast_api.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/api ast_api.h; }
 								done ast_api.h dontcare generated
 								make ast_wchar.h implicit
 									make FEATURE/wchar
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ make install
 														prev ast_wchar.h implicit
 													done std/wchar.h dontcare
 												done FEATURE/wctype generated
-												exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wctype ast_wctype.h || { rm -f ast_wctype.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wctype ast_wctype.h; }
+												exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wctype ast_wctype.h || { rm -f ast_wctype.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wctype ast_wctype.h; }
 											done ast_wctype.h dontcare generated
 										done std/wctype.h dontcare
 										make std/stdio.h implicit
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ make install
 										prev std/stdio.h implicit
 										prev ast_common.h implicit
 									done FEATURE/wchar generated
-									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wchar ast_wchar.h || { rm -f ast_wchar.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wchar ast_wchar.h; }
+									exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wchar ast_wchar.h || { rm -f ast_wchar.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wchar ast_wchar.h; }
 									prev std/stdio.h implicit
 									prev ast_common.h implicit
 								done ast_wchar.h dontcare generated
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ make install
 									done features/botch.c
 									exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I. -Icomp -Iinclude -Istd  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/botch.c
 								done FEATURE/botch generated
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/botch ast_botch.h || { rm -f ast_botch.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/botch ast_botch.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/botch ast_botch.h || { rm -f ast_botch.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/botch ast_botch.h; }
 							done ast_botch.h dontcare generated
 							prev ast_limits.h implicit
 							make ast_fcntl.h implicit
@@ -287,26 +287,26 @@ make install
 									exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I. -Icomp -Iinclude -Istd  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/fcntl.c
 									make ast_fs.h implicit
 										prev FEATURE/fs
-										exec - cmp -s FEATURE/fs ast_fs.h || { rm -f ast_fs.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/fs ast_fs.h; }
+										exec - cmp -s FEATURE/fs ast_fs.h || { rm -f ast_fs.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/fs ast_fs.h; }
 									done ast_fs.h dontcare generated
 								done FEATURE/fcntl generated
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/fcntl ast_fcntl.h || { rm -f ast_fcntl.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/fcntl ast_fcntl.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/fcntl ast_fcntl.h || { rm -f ast_fcntl.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/fcntl ast_fcntl.h; }
 								prev ast_fs.h implicit
 							done ast_fcntl.h dontcare generated
 							prev include/ast_getopt.h implicit
 							make ast_sys.h implicit
 								prev FEATURE/sys
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sys ast_sys.h || { rm -f ast_sys.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sys ast_sys.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sys ast_sys.h || { rm -f ast_sys.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sys ast_sys.h; }
 							done ast_sys.h dontcare generated
 							make ast_lib.h implicit
 								prev FEATURE/lib
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/lib ast_lib.h || { rm -f ast_lib.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/lib ast_lib.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/lib ast_lib.h || { rm -f ast_lib.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/lib ast_lib.h; }
 							done ast_lib.h dontcare generated
 							prev ast_common.h implicit
 							prev ast_standards.h implicit
 						done include/ast_std.h dontcare
 					done FEATURE/stdio generated
-					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/stdio ast_stdio.h || { rm -f ast_stdio.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/stdio ast_stdio.h; }
+					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/stdio ast_stdio.h || { rm -f ast_stdio.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/stdio ast_stdio.h; }
 					prev include/sfio_s.h implicit
 					prev include/ast_std.h implicit
 				done ast_stdio.h dontcare generated
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ make install
 						done features/nl_types
 						exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/nl_types
 					done FEATURE/nl_types generated
-					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/nl_types ast_nl_types.h || { rm -f ast_nl_types.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/nl_types ast_nl_types.h; }
+					exec - cmp -s FEATURE/nl_types ast_nl_types.h || { rm -f ast_nl_types.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/nl_types ast_nl_types.h; }
 				done ast_nl_types.h generated
 				prev ast_wchar.h
 				prev ast_wctype.h
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ make install
 						done direntry.h dontcare virtual
 						make ast_param.h implicit
 							prev FEATURE/param
-							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/param ast_param.h || { rm -f ast_param.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/param ast_param.h; }
+							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/param ast_param.h || { rm -f ast_param.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/param ast_param.h; }
 						done ast_param.h dontcare generated
 						make std/dirent.h implicit
 							make ast_dirent.h implicit
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ make install
 									exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/dirent
 									prev include/ast_std.h implicit
 								done FEATURE/dirent generated
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/dirent ast_dirent.h || { rm -f ast_dirent.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/dirent ast_dirent.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/dirent ast_dirent.h || { rm -f ast_dirent.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/dirent ast_dirent.h; }
 								prev include/ast_std.h implicit
 							done ast_dirent.h dontcare generated
 						done std/dirent.h dontcare
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ make install
 									done features/mode.c
 									exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I. -Iinclude -Istd  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/mode.c
 								done FEATURE/mode generated
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/mode ast_mode.h || { rm -f ast_mode.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/mode ast_mode.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/mode ast_mode.h || { rm -f ast_mode.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/mode ast_mode.h; }
 							done ast_mode.h dontcare generated
 							prev ast_fs.h implicit
 							prev include/ast_std.h implicit
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ make install
 								done features/ccode
 								exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/ccode
 							done FEATURE/ccode generated
-							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/ccode ast_ccode.h || { rm -f ast_ccode.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/ccode ast_ccode.h; }
+							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/ccode ast_ccode.h || { rm -f ast_ccode.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/ccode ast_ccode.h; }
 						done ast_ccode.h dontcare generated
 						prev ast_common.h implicit
 					done include/ccode.h
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ make install
 								done features/time
 								exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/time
 							done FEATURE/time generated
-							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/time ast_time.h || { rm -f ast_time.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/time ast_time.h; }
+							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/time ast_time.h || { rm -f ast_time.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/time ast_time.h; }
 						done ast_time.h dontcare generated
 						prev include/ast.h implicit
 					done include/times.h
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ make install
 							done features/preroot.sh
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/preroot.sh
 						done FEATURE/preroot generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/preroot preroot.h || { rm -f preroot.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/preroot preroot.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/preroot preroot.h || { rm -f preroot.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/preroot preroot.h; }
 					done preroot.h generated
 					prev include/ast.h implicit
 				done path/pathkey.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ make install
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/tv
 							prev include/ast.h implicit
 						done FEATURE/tv generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tv tv.h || { rm -f tv.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tv tv.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tv tv.h || { rm -f tv.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tv tv.h; }
 						prev include/ast.h implicit
 					done tv.h generated
 					prev include/ls.h implicit
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ make install
 							done features/sig.sh
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/sig.sh
 						done FEATURE/sig generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sig sig.h || { rm -f sig.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sig sig.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sig sig.h || { rm -f sig.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sig sig.h; }
 					done sig.h generated
 					prev include/ast.h implicit
 				done misc/signal.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ make install
 								prev include/ccode.h implicit
 								prev ast_common.h implicit
 							done FEATURE/iconv generated
-							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/iconv ast_iconv.h || { rm -f ast_iconv.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/iconv ast_iconv.h; }
+							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/iconv ast_iconv.h || { rm -f ast_iconv.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/iconv ast_iconv.h; }
 							prev include/ccode.h implicit
 							prev ast_common.h implicit
 						done ast_iconv.h generated
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ make install
 						prev include/ls.h implicit
 						make ast_tty.h implicit
 							prev FEATURE/tty
-							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tty ast_tty.h || { rm -f ast_tty.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tty ast_tty.h; }
+							exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tty ast_tty.h || { rm -f ast_tty.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tty ast_tty.h; }
 						done ast_tty.h dontcare generated
 						prev ast_time.h implicit
 						prev include/ast.h implicit
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ make install
 							prev tv.h implicit
 							prev include/tm.h implicit
 						done FEATURE/tmx generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tmx tmx.h || { rm -f tmx.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tmx tmx.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/tmx tmx.h || { rm -f tmx.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/tmx tmx.h; }
 						prev tv.h implicit
 						prev include/tm.h implicit
 					done tmx.h generated
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ make install
 							done features/align.c
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} -I.  ${LDFLAGS}" run features/align.c
 						done FEATURE/align generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/align align.h || { rm -f align.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/align align.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/align align.h || { rm -f align.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/align align.h; }
 					done align.h generated
 					prev include/ast.h implicit
 					prev include/sfio_t.h implicit
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ make install
 									done features/wait
 									exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/wait
 								done FEATURE/wait generated
-								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wait ast_wait.h || { rm -f ast_wait.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wait ast_wait.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s FEATURE/wait ast_wait.h || { rm -f ast_wait.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/wait ast_wait.h; }
 							done ast_wait.h dontcare generated
 							prev include/ast.h implicit
 						done include/wait.h dontcare
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ make install
 							done features/vfork
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/vfork
 						done FEATURE/vfork generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/vfork ast_vfork.h || { rm -f ast_vfork.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/vfork ast_vfork.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/vfork ast_vfork.h || { rm -f ast_vfork.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/vfork ast_vfork.h; }
 					done ast_vfork.h dontcare generated
 					prev ast_tty.h implicit
 					prev sig.h implicit
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ make install
 						make comp/syslog.h implicit
 							make ast_namval.h implicit
 								prev include/namval.h
-								exec - cmp -s include/namval.h ast_namval.h || { rm -f ast_namval.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} include/namval.h ast_namval.h; }
+								exec - cmp -s include/namval.h ast_namval.h || { rm -f ast_namval.h; ${STDCP} include/namval.h ast_namval.h; }
 							done ast_namval.h dontcare generated
 						done comp/syslog.h dontcare
 					done comp/sysloglib.h dontcare
@@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ make install
 					prev include/ls.h implicit
 					make ast_mmap.h implicit
 						prev FEATURE/mmap
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/mmap ast_mmap.h || { rm -f ast_mmap.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/mmap ast_mmap.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/mmap ast_mmap.h || { rm -f ast_mmap.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/mmap ast_mmap.h; }
 					done ast_mmap.h generated
 					prev include/ast.h implicit
 				done port/astcopy.c
@@ -5166,7 +5166,7 @@ make install
 	done ast virtual
 	prev libast.a archive
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib generated
@@ -5177,7 +5177,7 @@ make install
 		exec - (ranlib ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libast.a) >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libast.a generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3 generated
@@ -5463,7 +5463,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s man/vmalloc.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/vmalloc.3 || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/vmalloc.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/vmalloc.3.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} man/vmalloc.3 ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/vmalloc.3 ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/man/man3/vmalloc.3 generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib generated
@@ -5473,7 +5473,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s ast.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/ast || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/ast ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/ast.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} ast.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/ast ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/ast generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast generated
@@ -5960,7 +5960,7 @@ make install
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_float.h
 		make ast_float.h
 			prev FEATURE/float
-			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/float ast_float.h || { rm -f ast_float.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/float ast_float.h; }
+			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/float ast_float.h || { rm -f ast_float.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/float ast_float.h; }
 			prev ast_common.h implicit
 		done ast_float.h generated
 		exec - if ! cmp -s ast_float.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_float.h
@@ -6005,7 +6005,7 @@ make install
 				exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/ndbm
 				prev std/stdio.h implicit
 			done FEATURE/ndbm generated
-			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/ndbm ast_ndbm.h || { rm -f ast_ndbm.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/ndbm ast_ndbm.h; }
+			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/ndbm ast_ndbm.h || { rm -f ast_ndbm.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/ndbm ast_ndbm.h; }
 		done ast_ndbm.h generated
 		exec - if ! cmp -s ast_ndbm.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_ndbm.h
 		exec - then ${STDCP} ast_ndbm.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_ndbm.h
@@ -6066,7 +6066,7 @@ make install
 				done features/sizeof
 				exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -X ast -X std -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" run features/sizeof
 			done FEATURE/sizeof generated
-			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sizeof ast_sizeof.h || { rm -f ast_sizeof.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sizeof ast_sizeof.h; }
+			exec - cmp -s FEATURE/sizeof ast_sizeof.h || { rm -f ast_sizeof.h; ${STDCP} FEATURE/sizeof ast_sizeof.h; }
 		done ast_sizeof.h generated
 		exec - if ! cmp -s ast_sizeof.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_sizeof.h
 		exec - then ${STDCP} ast_sizeof.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_sizeof.h
@@ -6109,7 +6109,7 @@ make install
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/ast_wctype.h generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/file
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/file
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/file
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/file
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/file generated
@@ -6127,7 +6127,7 @@ make install
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/fmtmsg.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/fmtmsg.h
 	exec - fi
 	exec - ;;
-	exec - *) silent grep -l 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_fmtmsg' ast_lib.h > /dev/null || {
+	exec - *) grep -q 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_fmtmsg' ast_lib.h || {
 	exec - if ! cmp -s comp/fmtmsg.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/fmtmsg.h
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/fmtmsg.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/fmtmsg.h
 	exec - fi
@@ -6142,7 +6142,7 @@ make install
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/libgen.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/libgen.h
 	exec - fi
 	exec - ;;
-	exec - *) silent grep -l 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_libgen' ast_lib.h > /dev/null || {
+	exec - *) grep -q 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_libgen' ast_lib.h || {
 	exec - if ! cmp -s comp/libgen.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/libgen.h
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/libgen.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/libgen.h
 	exec - fi
@@ -6157,7 +6157,7 @@ make install
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/syslog.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/syslog.h
 	exec - fi
 	exec - ;;
-	exec - *) silent grep -l 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_syslog' ast_lib.h > /dev/null || {
+	exec - *) grep -q 'define[ 	][ 	]*_[hl][di][rb]_syslog' ast_lib.h || {
 	exec - if ! cmp -s comp/syslog.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/syslog.h
 	exec - then ${STDCP} comp/syslog.h ${INSTALLROOT}/include/ast/syslog.h
 	exec - fi
diff --git a/src/lib/libcmd/Mamfile b/src/lib/libcmd/Mamfile
index 87f0296f1540..5aa4e2478f4c 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcmd/Mamfile
+++ b/src/lib/libcmd/Mamfile
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ make install
 	done cmd virtual
 	prev libcmd.a archive
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib generated
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ make install
 		exec - (ranlib ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libcmd.a) >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libcmd.a generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib generated
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s cmd.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/cmd || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/cmd ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/cmd.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} cmd.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/cmd ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/cmd generated
 	make ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
+		exec - if test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - fi
 	done ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE} generated
diff --git a/src/lib/libdll/Mamfile b/src/lib/libdll/Mamfile
index 0c00628f8359..3980436b1c3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libdll/Mamfile
+++ b/src/lib/libdll/Mamfile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ make install
 							bind -last
 							exec - iffe ${IFFEFLAGS} -v -c "${CC} ${mam_cc_FLAGS} ${CCFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" ref ${mam_cc_L+-L.} ${mam_cc_L+-L${INSTALLROOT}/lib} -I${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE} -I${INSTALLROOT}/include ${mam_libdl} ${mam_libast} : run features/dll
 						done FEATURE/dll generated
-						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/dll dlldefs.h || { rm -f dlldefs.h; silent test -d . || mkdir .; cp FEATURE/dll dlldefs.h; }
+						exec - cmp -s FEATURE/dll dlldefs.h || { rm -f dlldefs.h; cp FEATURE/dll dlldefs.h; }
 					done dlldefs.h generated
 					prev ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}/ast.h implicit
 				done dlfcn.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ make install
 	done dll virtual
 	prev libdll.a archive
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib generated
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ make install
 		exec - (ranlib ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libdll.a) >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libdll.a generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib generated
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s dll.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/dll || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/dll ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/dll.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} dll.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/dll ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/dll generated
 	make ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
+		exec - if test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - fi
 	done ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE} generated
diff --git a/src/lib/libsum/Mamfile b/src/lib/libsum/Mamfile
index 0640cd24ef1e..ed011c588228 100644
--- a/src/lib/libsum/Mamfile
+++ b/src/lib/libsum/Mamfile
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ make install
 	done sum virtual
 	prev libsum.a archive
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib generated
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ make install
 		exec - (ranlib ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libsum.a) >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/libsum.a generated
 	make ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
+		exec - if test ! -d ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib
 		exec - fi
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib generated
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ make install
 		exec - ${STDCMP} 2>/dev/null -s sum.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/sum || { ${STDMV} ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/sum ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/sum.old 2>/dev/null || true; ${STDCP} sum.req ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/sum ;}
 	done ${INSTALLROOT}/lib/lib/sum generated
 	make ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
-		exec - if silent test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
+		exec - if test ! -d ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - then mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE}
 		exec - fi
 	done ${PACKAGE_ast_INCLUDE} generated