diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index dd4fb5a045d..f920966eb2b 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ src/cmd/gc/yerr.h
 src/cmd/goinstall/syslist.go
 src/pkg/Make.deps
 src/pkg/exp/ogle/ogle
+src/pkg/go/build/syslist.go
 src/pkg/os/signal/unix.go
 src/pkg/runtime/*/asm.h
 src/pkg/runtime/goc2c
diff --git a/src/pkg/go/build/build.go b/src/pkg/go/build/build.go
index 2d17952768f..3cb8efe4794 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/build/build.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/build/build.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package build
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"exec"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -79,8 +80,11 @@ func (c *Cmd) String() string {
 }
 
 func (c *Cmd) Run(dir string) os.Error {
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	cmd := exec.Command(c.Args[0], c.Args[1:]...)
 	cmd.Dir = dir
+	cmd.Stdout = out
+	cmd.Stderr = out
 	if c.Stdout != "" {
 		f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(dir, c.Stdout))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *Cmd) Run(dir string) os.Error {
 		cmd.Stdout = f
 	}
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("command %q: %v", c, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("command %q: %v\n%v", c, err, out)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/go/build/build_test.go b/src/pkg/go/build/build_test.go
index 790cdac3da7..c543eddbda7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/build/build_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/build/build_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	for _, d := range buildDirs {
+		if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" && strings.Contains(d, "/cgo") {
+			// no cgo for arm, yet.
+			continue
+		}
 		dir := filepath.Join(runtime.GOROOT(), "src", d)
 		testBuild(t, dir, out)
 	}