diff --git a/DOCUMENTATION/BUILD b/DOCUMENTATION/BUILD
index 0ad880aa29..b43a876f33 100644
--- a/DOCUMENTATION/BUILD
+++ b/DOCUMENTATION/BUILD
@@ -60,11 +60,9 @@ requirement.
 	   - see ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/MIRRORS.html
 	      and then follow to sources/libart_lgpl
 	    
-       glib 1.2   (http://www.gtk.org)
-           glib-1.2.8 (included with most distributions)
+       Glib 2.6   (http://www.gtk.org)
 
-       GTK+ 1.2   (http://www.gtk.org)
-	gtk+-1.2.8 (included with most distributions)
+       GTK+ 2.6   (http://www.gtk.org)
 
        libglade2 (http://www.gnome.org/)
 	unsure of minimum version. XXX todo.
diff --git a/libs/ardour/globals.cc b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
index 9c3cadafe2..e3953860e2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/globals.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
@@ -311,7 +311,11 @@ ARDOUR::get_user_ardour_path ()
 		
 	path = envvar;
 	path += "/.ardour/";
-	
+
+	/* create it if necessary */
+
+	mkdir (path.c_str (), 0755);
+
 	return path;
 }