diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index c2a711d407c..c4f9d829e96 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-08-30  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>,
+	    Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* gcc_update: Execute touch_files_reexec even if `cvs update`
+	failed.
+
 2000-08-09  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* test_summary: AWK breaks with filenames containing `='.
diff --git a/contrib/gcc_update b/contrib/gcc_update
index 486d9fe32f5..5f38d48239d 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc_update
+++ b/contrib/gcc_update
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ fi
 echo "Updating CVS tree"
 cvs -q update ${1+"$@"}
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
+    (touch_files_reexec)
     echo "CVS update of full tree failed." >&2
     exit 1
 fi