diff -ruNp udev-077~/udev_utils_run.c udev-077/udev_utils_run.c
--- udev-077~/udev_utils_run.c	2005-12-04 02:01:48.000000000 +0000
+++ udev-077/udev_utils_run.c	2005-12-05 17:13:09.030804750 +0000
@@ -160,8 +160,13 @@ int run_program(const char *command, con
 			dup2(errpipe[WRITE_END], STDERR_FILENO);
 		execv(argv[0], argv);
 
-		/* we should never reach this */
-		err("exec of program '%s' failed", argv[0]);
+		if ((errno == ENOENT) || (errno = ENOTDIR)) {
+			/* will probably turn up later */
+			info("program '%s' not found", argv[0]);
+		} else {
+			/* bigger problems */
+			err("exec of program '%s' failed", argv[0]);
+		}
 		_exit(1);
 	case -1:
 		err("fork of '%s' failed: %s", argv[0], strerror(errno));