diff --git a/dev/update_packages.dart b/dev/update_packages.dart
index c72350bf59..a8a9a0f8d1 100755
--- a/dev/update_packages.dart
+++ b/dev/update_packages.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ update(Directory directory) {
   for (FileSystemEntity dir in directory.listSync()) {
     if (dir is Directory) {
       print("Updating ${dir.path}...");
-      Process.runSync(binaryName, ['get'], workingDirectory: dir.path);
+      ProcessResult result = Process.runSync(binaryName, ['get'], workingDirectory: dir.path);
+      if (result.exitCode != 0) {
+        print("... failed with exit code ${result.exitCode}.");
+        print(result.stdout);
+        print(result.stderr);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
index 569ed4e250..7e3ac6ab4d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/apk.dart
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ class ApkCommand extends FlutterCommand {
     components.keystore = new File(artifactPaths[3]);
 
     if (!components.androidSdk.existsSync()) {
-      _logging.severe('Can not locate Android SDK: ${androidSdkPath}');
+      _logging.severe('Can not locate Android SDK: $androidSdkPath');
       return null;
     }
     if (!(new _ApkBuilder(components.androidSdk.path).checkSdkPath())) {
-      _logging.severe('Can not locate expected Android SDK tools at ${androidSdkPath}');
+      _logging.severe('Can not locate expected Android SDK tools at $androidSdkPath');
       _logging.severe('You must install version $_kAndroidPlatformVersion of the SDK platform');
       _logging.severe('and version $_kBuildToolsVersion of the build tools.');
       return null;
diff --git a/packages/updater/lib/main.dart b/packages/updater/lib/main.dart
index a14eb67c11..4f748f6e44 100644
--- a/packages/updater/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/updater/lib/main.dart
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class UpdateTask {
     _tempPath = path.join(_dataDir, 'tmp.skyx');
     String bundleUrl = _currentManifest['update-url'] + '/' + kBundleFile;
     UrlResponse response = await fetchUrl(bundleUrl);
-    MojoResult result = await PipeToFile.copyToFile(response.body, _tempPath);
-    if (!result.isOk)
+    int result = await PipeToFile.copyToFile(response.body, _tempPath);
+    if (result != MojoResult.kOk)
       throw new UpdateFailure('Failure fetching new package: ${response.statusLine}');
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/updater/lib/pipe_to_file.dart b/packages/updater/lib/pipe_to_file.dart
index cf307fe952..1baaac6117 100644
--- a/packages/updater/lib/pipe_to_file.dart
+++ b/packages/updater/lib/pipe_to_file.dart
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ import 'package:mojo/core.dart';
 // Helper class to drain the contents of a mojo data pipe to a file.
 class PipeToFile {
   MojoDataPipeConsumer _consumer;
-  MojoEventSubscription _eventStream;
+  MojoEventSubscription _events;
   IOSink _outputStream;
 
   PipeToFile(this._consumer, String outputPath) {
-    _eventStream = new MojoEventSubscription(_consumer.handle);
+    _events = new MojoEventSubscription(_consumer.handle);
     _outputStream = new File(outputPath).openWrite();
   }
 
-  Future<MojoResult> _doRead() async {
+  Future<int> _doRead() async {
     ByteData thisRead = _consumer.beginRead();
     if (thisRead == null) {
       throw 'Data pipe beginRead failed: ${_consumer.status}';
@@ -30,34 +30,34 @@ class PipeToFile {
     return _consumer.endRead(thisRead.lengthInBytes);
   }
 
-  Future drain() async {
-    Completer completer = new Completer();
-    // TODO(mpcomplete): Is it legit to pass an async callback to listen?
-    _eventStream.subscribe((List<int> event) async {
-      MojoHandleSignals mojoSignals = new MojoHandleSignals(event[1]);
-      if (mojoSignals.isReadable) {
-        MojoResult result = await _doRead();
-        if (!result.isOk) {
-          _eventStream.close();
-          _eventStream = null;
+  Future<int> drain() {
+    Completer<int> completer = new Completer();
+    // TODO(mpcomplete): Is it legit to pass an async callback to subscribe?
+    _events.subscribe((List<int> event) async {
+      int signal = event[1];
+      if (MojoHandleSignals.isReadable(signal)) {
+        int result = await _doRead();
+        if (result != MojoResult.kOk) {
+          _events.close();
+          _events = null;
           _outputStream.close();
           completer.complete(result);
         } else {
-          _eventStream.enableReadEvents();
+          _events.enableReadEvents();
         }
-      } else if (mojoSignals.isPeerClosed) {
-        _eventStream.close();
-        _eventStream = null;
+      } else if (MojoHandleSignals.isPeerClosed(signal)) {
+        _events.close();
+        _events = null;
         _outputStream.close();
-        completer.complete(MojoResult.OK);
+        completer.complete(MojoResult.kOk);
       } else {
-        throw 'Unexpected handle event: $mojoSignals';
+        throw 'Unexpected handle event: ${MojoHandleSignals.string(signal)}';
       }
     });
     return completer.future;
   }
 
-  static Future<MojoResult> copyToFile(MojoDataPipeConsumer consumer, String outputPath) {
+  static Future<int> copyToFile(MojoDataPipeConsumer consumer, String outputPath) {
     PipeToFile drainer = new PipeToFile(consumer, outputPath);
     return drainer.drain();
   }