diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 94346e2..941df17 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -2058,8 +2058,6 @@ t/tools/dump_pbc.t                                          [test]
 t/tools/install/01-create_directories.t                     [test]
 t/tools/install/02-install_files.t                          [test]
 t/tools/install/03-lines_to_files.t                         [test]
-t/tools/install/dev_overall.t                               [test]
-t/tools/install/overall.t                                   [test]
 t/tools/install/testlib/LICENSE                             [test]
 t/tools/install/testlib/MANIFEST.1defective                 [test]
 t/tools/install/testlib/README                              []doc
diff --git a/config/gen/makefiles/root.in b/config/gen/makefiles/root.in
index 9d81529..1936789 100644
--- a/config/gen/makefiles/root.in
+++ b/config/gen/makefiles/root.in
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ $(PARROT) : frontend/parrot/main$(O) $(GEN_HEADERS) $(LIBPARROT) \
     $(MINIPARROT)
 	$(LINK) @ld_out@$@ \
 	frontend/parrot/main$(O) src/parrot_config$(O) src/longopt$(O) \
-	@rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS) $(LINK_DYNAMIC)
+	$(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS) $(LINK_DYNAMIC)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 $(PBC_TO_EXE) : $(DEV_TOOLS_DIR)/pbc_to_exe.pir runtime/parrot/library/config.pir $(PARROT) $(DYNEXT_DIR)/os$(LOAD_EXT) $(DYNEXT_DIR)/file$(LOAD_EXT)
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ $(PARROT_CONFIG) : $(DEV_TOOLS_DIR)/parrot-config.pir $(PARROT) $(PBC_TO_EXE)
 $(MINIPARROT) : frontend/parrot/main$(O) include/parrot/api.h include/parrot/longopt.h $(LIBPARROT) \
     src/null_config$(O) src/longopt$(O)
 	$(LINK) @ld_out@$@ frontend/parrot/main$(O) src/null_config$(O) src/longopt$(O) \
-	@rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
+	$(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 $(INSTALLABLEPARROT) : frontend/parrot/main$(O) $(GEN_HEADERS) $(LIBPARROT) \
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ $(PDB) : frontend/parrot_debugger/main$(O) src/parrot_config$(O) $(LIBPARROT)
 	$(LINK) @ld_out@$@ \
     frontend/parrot_debugger/main$(O) \
     src/parrot_config$(O) \
-    @rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
+    $(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 $(INSTALLABLEPDB) : frontend/parrot_debugger/main$(O) $(LIBPARROT) src/parrot_config$(O)
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ $(DIS) : src/pbc_disassemble$(O) $(LIBPARROT)
 	$(LINK) @ld_out@$@ \
     src/pbc_disassemble$(O) \
     src/longopt$(O) \
-    @rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
+    $(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 $(INSTALLABLEDIS) : src/pbc_disassemble$(O) \
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ $(PDUMP) : frontend/pbc_dump/main$(O) frontend/pbc_dump/packdump$(O) $(LIBPARROT
 	$(LINK) @ld_out@$@ \
     frontend/pbc_dump/main$(O) \
     src/longopt$(O) \
-    frontend/pbc_dump/packdump$(O) @rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
+    frontend/pbc_dump/packdump$(O) $(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 frontend/pbc_dump/main$(O) : \
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ $(PBC_MERGE) : frontend/pbc_merge/main$(O) $(LIBPARROT) src/parrot_config$(O)
     frontend/pbc_merge/main$(O) \
     src/parrot_config$(O) \
     src/longopt$(O) \
-    @rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINK_DYNAMIC) $(LINKFLAGS)
+    $(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINK_DYNAMIC) $(LINKFLAGS)
 #IF(win32):	if exist $@.manifest mt.exe -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 
 $(INSTALLABLEPBC_MERGE) : frontend/pbc_merge/main$(O) $(LIBPARROT) $(INSTALLABLECONFIG)
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ win32-inno-installer : world installable
 ###############################################################################
 
 exec : src/parrot_config$(O) $(LIBPARROT)
-	$(LINK) @ld_out@$(EXEC)$(EXE) $(EXEC)$(O) src/parrot_config$(O) @rpath_blib@ $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
+	$(LINK) @ld_out@$(EXEC)$(EXE) $(EXEC)$(O) src/parrot_config$(O) $(RPATH_BLIB) $(ALL_PARROT_LIBS) $(LINKFLAGS)
 
 ###### OS depend targets ##########
 
diff --git a/config/init/hints/darwin.pm b/config/init/hints/darwin.pm
index 2f6184f..82820fd 100644
--- a/config/init/hints/darwin.pm
+++ b/config/init/hints/darwin.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sub runstep {
     _set_deployment_environment();
 
     my $lib_dir = $conf->data->get('build_dir') . "/blib/lib";
-    $flagsref->{ldflags} .= " -L$lib_dir";
+    $flagsref->{ldflags} .= ' -L"' . $lib_dir . '"';
 
     if ($ENV{'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'} eq '10.6') {
         $flagsref->{ccflags} .= ' -pipe -fno-common ';
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ sub runstep {
         libparrot_shared_alias => "libparrot$share_ext",
         rpath                  => "-L",
         libparrot_soname       => "-install_name "
-            . $lib_dir
+            . '"'. $lib_dir
             . '/libparrot'
-            . $conf->data->get('share_ext')
+            . $conf->data->get('share_ext') . '"'
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/config/inter/libparrot.pm b/config/inter/libparrot.pm
index ab2f541..03af147 100644
--- a/config/inter/libparrot.pm
+++ b/config/inter/libparrot.pm
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ sub runstep {
     $conf->data->set( rpath_blib => ( ! $disable_rpath
                                      && $parrot_is_shared
                                      && $conf->data->get('rpath') )
-        ? $conf->data->get('rpath')
-            . '"' . $conf->data->get('build_dir') . '"'
+        ? '"' . $conf->data->get('rpath')
+            . $conf->data->get('build_dir')
             . '/'
-            . $conf->data->get('blib_dir')
+            . $conf->data->get('blib_dir') . '"'
         : ''
     );
 
diff --git a/t/tools/install/dev_overall.t b/t/tools/install/dev_overall.t
deleted file mode 100644
index 16dd741..0000000
--- a/t/tools/install/dev_overall.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-#! perl
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2008, Parrot Foundation.
-# dev_overall.t
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests =>  4;
-use Carp;
-use Cwd;
-use File::Basename;
-use File::Copy;
-use File::Path qw( mkpath );
-use File::Spec ();
-use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
-use lib qw( lib );
-use Parrot::Config qw( %PConfig );
-use IO::CaptureOutput qw( capture );
-
-my $DEBUG = 0;
-
-my $cwd = cwd();
-my $installer = File::Spec->catfile( 'tools', 'dev', 'install_dev_files.pl' );
-my $full_installer = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $installer );
-ok(-f $full_installer, "Able to locate $installer");
-
-my $testlibdir = File::Spec->catdir( qw| t tools install testlib | );
-my $man_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $testlibdir, q|dev_manifest_pseudo| );
-my $full_man_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $man_pseudo );
-my $gen_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $testlibdir, q|dev_generated_pseudo| );
-my $full_gen_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $gen_pseudo );
-
-{
-    my $builddir    = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
-    my $prefixdir   = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
-    if ($DEBUG) {
-        print STDERR "$builddir\n$prefixdir\n";
-    }
-
-    my $includedir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'include' );
-    my $libdir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'lib' );
-    my $docdir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'share', 'doc' );
-    my $srcdir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'src' );
-    my $versiondir = $PConfig{versiondir};
-
-    my %testfiles = (
-        'compilers/nqp/bootstrap/actions.pm'                 => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| .  compilers nqp bootstrap actions.pm | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'languages', 'nqp', 'bootstrap', 'actions.pm' ),
-        },
-        'lib/Parrot/Configure.pm' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . lib Parrot Configure.pm | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'tools', 'lib', 'Parrot', 'Configure.pm' ),
-        },
-        'src/ops/ops.num' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . src ops ops.num | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $srcdir, $versiondir, 'ops', 'ops.num' ),
-        },
-        'tools/build/ops2c.pl' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . tools build ops2c.pl | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'tools', 'build', 'ops2c.pl' ),
-        },
-        'runtime/parrot/library/TGE.pbc' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . runtime parrot library TGE.pbc | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'library', 'TGE.pbc' ),
-        },
-        'src/pmc/pmc_object.h' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . src pmc pmc_object.h | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $includedir, $versiondir, 'pmc', 'pmc_object.h' ),
-        },
-        'vtable.dump' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        qw| . vtable.dump | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $srcdir, $versiondir, 'vtable.dump' ),
-        },
-    );
-    chdir $builddir or croak "Unable to change to tempdir for testing: $!";
-    my $man_quasi = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, 'MANIFEST' );
-    my $gen_quasi = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, 'MANIFEST.generated' );
-    copy $full_man_pseudo => $man_quasi
-        or croak "Unable to copy $man_pseudo for testing:  $!";
-    copy $full_gen_pseudo => $gen_quasi
-        or croak "Unable to copy $gen_pseudo for testing: $!";
-
-    my @dirs_needed = qw(
-        compilers/nqp/bootstrap
-        docs/pct
-        lib/Parrot
-        src/ops
-        tools/build
-        runtime/parrot/library
-        src/pmc
-    );
-    my @created = mkpath(
-        [ map { File::Spec->catdir( $builddir, $_ ) } @dirs_needed ],
-        0,
-        0777
-    );
-    print STDERR "dirs created:  @created\n" if $DEBUG;
-    foreach my $f ( keys %testfiles ) {
-        my $src = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $testlibdir, $f );
-        my $des = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, $testfiles{$f}{start} );
-        copy $src, $des or croak "Unable to copy $f for testing: $!";
-    }
-    my $addlib = qq{$cwd/lib};
-    my $cmd = qq{$^X -I$addlib $full_installer --prefix=$prefixdir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --includedir=$includedir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --libdir=$libdir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --versiondir=$versiondir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --docdir=$docdir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --srcdir=$srcdir};
-#    $cmd .= qq{ --dry-run=1} if $DEBUG;
-    $cmd .= qq{ MANIFEST MANIFEST.generated};
-    print "cmd: $cmd\n" if $DEBUG;
-    my ($stdout, $stderr);
-    capture(
-        sub {
-            system( $cmd ) and croak "Unable to execute $installer: $!";
-        },
-        \$stdout,
-        \$stderr,
-    );
-    like( $stdout, qr/^Installing/, "Got expected standard output" );
-    print STDERR "out:  $stdout\n" if $DEBUG;
-    print STDERR "err:  $stderr\n" if $DEBUG;
-    my $seen = 0;
-    my $expected = scalar keys %testfiles;
-    foreach my $f ( keys %testfiles ) {
-        my $des = $testfiles{$f}{end};
-        print STDERR "wanted:  $des\n" if $DEBUG;
-        $seen++ if -f $des;
-    }
-    is( $seen, $expected,
-        "Got all $expected expected files in installation" );
-
-    chdir $cwd
-        or croak "Unable to return to top-level directory after testing: $!";
-}
-
-pass("Completed all tests in $0");
-
-################### DOCUMENTATION ###################
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-dev_overall.t - test tools/dev/install_dev_files.pl
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-    % prove t/tools/install/dev_overall.t
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This file simulates the operation of F<tools/dev/install_dev_files.pl> and
-sanity-checks the results.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-James E Keenan
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-F<tools/dev/install_dev_files.pl>.
-
-=cut
-
-# Local Variables:
-#   mode: cperl
-#   cperl-indent-level: 4
-#   fill-column: 100
-# End:
-# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/t/tools/install/overall.t b/t/tools/install/overall.t
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c104b5..0000000
--- a/t/tools/install/overall.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-#! perl
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2008, Parrot Foundation.
-# overall.t
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests =>  4;
-use Carp;
-use Cwd;
-use File::Basename;
-use File::Copy;
-use File::Path qw( mkpath );
-use File::Spec ();
-use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
-use lib qw( lib );
-use Parrot::Config qw( %PConfig );
-use Parrot::Install qw(
-    install_files
-    create_directories
-    lines_to_files
-);
-use IO::CaptureOutput qw( capture );
-
-my $DEBUG = 0;
-
-my $cwd = cwd();
-my $installer = File::Spec->catfile( 'tools', 'dev', 'install_files.pl' );
-my $full_installer = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $installer );
-ok(-f $full_installer, "Able to locate $installer");
-
-my $testlibdir = File::Spec->catdir( qw| t tools install testlib | );
-my $man_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $testlibdir, q|manifest_pseudo| );
-my $full_man_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $man_pseudo );
-my $gen_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $testlibdir, q|generated_pseudo| );
-my $full_gen_pseudo = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $gen_pseudo );
-
-{
-    my $builddir    = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
-    my $prefixdir   = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
-    if ($DEBUG) {
-        print STDERR "$builddir\n$prefixdir\n";
-    }
-
-    my $includedir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'include' );
-    my $libdir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'lib' );
-    my $docdir = File::Spec->catdir( $prefixdir, 'share', 'doc' );
-    my $versiondir = $PConfig{versiondir};
-
-    my %testfiles = (
-        'LICENSE'                 => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile( qw| . LICENSE | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $docdir, $versiondir, 'LICENSE' )
-        },
-        'include/parrot/charset.h' => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile( qw| . include parrot charset.h | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $includedir, $versiondir, 'parrot', 'charset.h' ),
-        },
-        'install_config.fpmc'                 => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile( qw| . install_config.fpmc | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'include', 'config.fpmc' ),
-        },
-        'parrot.pc'                 => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile( qw| . | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, 'pkgconfig', $versiondir, 'parrot.pc' ),
-        },
-        'compilers/pge/PGE.pir'                 => {
-            start   => File::Spec->catfile( qw| . compilers pge PGE.pir | ),
-            end     => File::Spec->catfile(
-                        $libdir, $versiondir, 'languages', 'pge', 'PGE.pir' ),
-        },
-
-    );
-    chdir $builddir or croak "Unable to change to tempdir for testing: $!";
-    my $man_quasi = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, 'MANIFEST' );
-    my $gen_quasi = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, 'MANIFEST.generated' );
-    copy $full_man_pseudo => $man_quasi
-        or croak "Unable to copy $man_pseudo for testing:  $!";
-    copy $full_gen_pseudo => $gen_quasi
-        or croak "Unable to copy $gen_pseudo for testing: $!";
-
-    my @dirs_needed = qw(
-        src
-        docs/resources
-        include/parrot
-        runtime/parrot/include
-        compilers/pge
-    );
-    my @created = mkpath(
-        [ map { File::Spec->catdir( $builddir, $_ ) } @dirs_needed ],
-        0,
-        0777
-    );
-    print STDERR "dirs created:  @created\n" if $DEBUG;
-    foreach my $f ( keys %testfiles ) {
-        my $src = File::Spec->catfile( $cwd, $testlibdir, $f );
-        my $des = File::Spec->catfile( $builddir, $testfiles{$f}{start} );
-        copy $src, $des or croak "Unable to copy $f for testing: $!";
-    }
-    my $addlib = qq{$cwd/lib};
-    my $cmd = qq{$^X -I$addlib $full_installer --prefix=$prefixdir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --includedir=$includedir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --libdir=$libdir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --versiondir=$versiondir};
-    $cmd .= qq{ --docdir=$docdir};
-#    $cmd .= qq{ --dry-run=1} if $DEBUG;
-    $cmd .= qq{ MANIFEST MANIFEST.generated};
-    print "cmd: $cmd\n" if $DEBUG;
-    my ($stdout, $stderr);
-    capture(
-        sub {
-            system( $cmd ) and croak "Unable to execute $installer: $!";
-        },
-        \$stdout,
-        \$stderr,
-    );
-    like( $stdout, qr/^Installing/, "Got expected standard output" );
-    print STDERR "out:  $stdout\n" if $DEBUG;
-    print STDERR "err:  $stderr\n" if $DEBUG;
-    my $seen = 0;
-    my $expected = scalar keys %testfiles;
-    foreach my $f ( keys %testfiles ) {
-        my $des = $testfiles{$f}{end};
-        $seen++ if -f $des;
-    }
-    is( $seen, $expected,
-        "Got all $expected expected files in installation" );
-
-    chdir $cwd
-        or croak "Unable to return to top-level directory after testing: $!";
-}
-
-pass("Completed all tests in $0");
-
-################### DOCUMENTATION ###################
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-overall.t - test tools/dev/install_files.pl
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-    % prove t/tools/install/overall.t
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This file simulates the operation of F<tools/dev/install_files.pl> and
-sanity-checks the results.
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-James E Keenan
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-F<tools/dev/install_files.pl>.
-
-=cut
-
-# Local Variables:
-#   mode: cperl
-#   cperl-indent-level: 4
-#   fill-column: 100
-# End:
-# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/t/tools/pmc2cutils/04-dump_pmc.t b/t/tools/pmc2cutils/04-dump_pmc.t
index 0a8dc11..ddfe226 100644
--- a/t/tools/pmc2cutils/04-dump_pmc.t
+++ b/t/tools/pmc2cutils/04-dump_pmc.t
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use Carp;
 
 BEGIN {
     use FindBin qw($Bin);
@@ -43,7 +44,11 @@ my @include_orig = ( qq{$main::topdir}, qq{$main::topdir/src/pmc}, );
     my $temppmcdir = qq{$tdir/src/pmc};
     ok( ( mkdir $temppmcdir ), "created src/pmc/ under tempdir" );
 
-    my @pmcfiles     = glob("$main::topdir/src/pmc/*.pmc");
+    my @pmcfiles;
+    opendir my $DIRH, "$main::topdir/src/pmc"
+        or croak "Unable to open directory for reading";
+    @pmcfiles = map { qq|$main::topdir/src/pmc/$_| } grep { ! m/^\./ } readdir $DIRH;
+    closedir $DIRH or croak;
     my $pmcfilecount = scalar(@pmcfiles);
     my $copycount;
     foreach my $pmcfile (@pmcfiles) {