diff --git a/collects/meta/build/build b/collects/meta/build/build
index 776b6b5cff..51a2227a05 100755
--- a/collects/meta/build/build
+++ b/collects/meta/build/build
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ if [ "${BASH_VERSION:-not_bash}" = "not_bash" ]; then exec bash "$0" "$@"; fi
 
 # verbose output?
 verbose="yes"
-# should we record an external log at $scriptlogfile? ("only" means only there)
-scriptlog="yes"
+# should we record an external log at $buildlogfile? ("only" means only there)
+buildlog="yes"
 # should we make binaries?
 make_bins="ask_or_yes"
 # should we do a repository update?
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ unixinstallerscript="$unixinstallerdir/installer-header"
 # full clean tgz before building anything (relative to $maindir)
 cleantgz="${installdir}-clean-tree.tgz"
 # log file for this script (relative to $maindir)
-scriptlogfile="build-log.txt"
+buildlogfile="build-log.txt"
 # name of html files to generate for web directories
 index="index.html"
 # timestamp and version file for automatic scripts (relative to $maindir)
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ repotgz="$tmpdir/$cleantgz"
 fulltgz="$tmpdir/$installdir-full.tgz"
 # log file name prefix for background jobs
 bglogfile="$tmpdir/bg-log"
+# absolute prefix name for the web-available current log symlinks
+curlog_prefix="$maindir/$prewebdir_default/current"
 
 last_part() {
   echo "$*" | sed 's/.*[ -]//'
@@ -1021,7 +1023,7 @@ MAIN_BUILD() {
   _run lockfile -r 0 -l 10800 "$lockfile"
   trap cleanup_run_files 0 3 9 15
 
-  # cleanup bg logs early so the status won't show bogus leftovers
+  # cleanup old bg logs early so the status won't show bogus leftovers
   _rm "$bglogfile-"*
 
   ## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1095,6 +1097,7 @@ MAIN_BUILD() {
         header "{{{ Building ${machine}(${mplatform}) remotely }}}"
         _cat "$bglogfile-$machine" | grep -v "^### <<< .* >>>"
         _rm "$bglogfile-$machine"
+        _rm "$curlog_prefix-$(basename "$bglogfile-$machine")"
       fi
     done
   fi
@@ -1154,6 +1157,8 @@ DO_COPY_BUILD() { # inputs -- machine-name (for ssh)
       < "$repotgz"
     touch "$bglogfile-$machine"
     chcon --type=httpd_sys_content_t "$bglogfile-$machine"
+    _rm "$curlog_prefix-$(basename "$bglogfile-$machine")"
+    _ln "$bglogfile-$machine" "$curlog_prefix-$(basename "$bglogfile-$machine")"
     run_part -bg "$machine" "DO_BUILD" "$releasing" "$@" \
              &> "$bglogfile-$machine"
   else
@@ -2117,8 +2122,8 @@ BUILD_PRE_WEB() {
     "automatic scripts)</small>"
   #----
   # don't copy this, since it's still being written to
-  _rm "$scriptlogfile"; ln "$maindir/$scriptlogfile" "$scriptlogfile"
-  html_file_row "$scriptlogfile" "Full build log"
+  _rm "$buildlogfile"; ln "$maindir/$buildlogfile" "$buildlogfile"
+  html_file_row "$buildlogfile" "Full build log"
   #----
   html_table_end
   html_end
@@ -2180,12 +2185,13 @@ BUILD_PRE_WEB() {
 
   if [[ "$prewebdir" = "$prewebdir_default" ]]; then
     _cd "$maindir/$prewebdir"
-    local target="$maindir/$prewebdir/$(basename "$statusscript")"
+    local target="$maindir/$prewebdir_default/$(basename "$statusscript")"
     {
       echo "#!/bin/bash"
       echo ""
       local var
-      for var in tmpdir lockfile statusfile statusfile_last bglogfile; do
+      for var in tmpdir lockfile statusfile statusfile_last \
+                 buildlogfile bglogfile; do
         local val; eval val="\$$var"
         echo "$var=\"$val\""
       done
@@ -2208,21 +2214,23 @@ if [[ "$1" = "--dispatch" ]]; then
   init_repo_vars # set the repository variables according to the env vars
   show "Working on $machine, dispatching to $go($*)"
   "$go" "$@"
-  if [[ "x$platform" = "x"]]; then show "Done working on $machine"
+  if [[ "x$platform" = "x" ]]; then show "Done working on $machine"
   else show "Done working on $machine($platform)"; fi
-elif [[ "$scriptlog" = "yes" ]]; then
+elif [[ "$buildlog" = "yes" ]]; then
   show "Working on $machine"
-  rm -f "$maindir/$scriptlogfile"
+  rm -f "$maindir/$buildlogfile"
   { echo "This is the build log, generated by $buildscript"; echo ""
     echo "Search for \"BOOM\" for any errors."; echo ""
     # set | grep "^[a-z].*=" | awk '{ print "  " $0 }'; echo ""
-  } > "$maindir/$scriptlogfile"
-  chcon --type=httpd_sys_content_t "$maindir/$scriptlogfile"
-  if [[ "$scriptlog" = "only" ]]; then
-    exec >> "$maindir/$scriptlogfile" 2>&1
+  } > "$maindir/$buildlogfile"
+  chcon --type=httpd_sys_content_t "$maindir/$buildlogfile"
+  _rm "$curlog_prefix-$buildlogfile"
+  _ln "$maindir/$buildlogfile" "$curlog_prefix-$buildlogfile"
+  if [[ "$buildlog" = "only" ]]; then
+    exec >> "$maindir/$buildlogfile" 2>&1
     MAIN "$@"
   else
-    MAIN "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "$maindir/$scriptlogfile"
+    MAIN "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "$maindir/$buildlogfile"
   fi
 else
   show "Working on $machine"